Musical puns, jokes, and teasers

[Timtin]

Thank you Jo!
(As a matter of interest, Jo sent me a PM with all 10
correct solutions approximately 5 minutes after the
questions were posted on Monday.)

[fredbucket]

Thank you Jo!
(As a matter of interest, Jo sent me a PM with all 10 correct solutions approximately 5 minutes after the questions were posted on Monday.)

That doesn't surprise me. Jo (like me) is a chemist.

Regards
Fred

[Timtin]

I'm a mathematician (with delusions of grandeur).
It seems to me that if you drew a Venn diagram of
Pianophiliacs and Crosswordphiliacs, the intersection
of the two circles would be somewhat small.

[rob]

Thank you Jo!
(As a matter of interest, Jo sent me a PM with all 10 correct solutions approximately 5 minutes after the questions were posted on Monday.)

That doesn't surprise me. Jo (like me) is a chemist.

Regards
FRed

So why haven't you taken part? Are chemists generally good at crosswords?

My next quiz will, I hope, be much harder!

[rob]

Most of these are very hard, but a couple of easy ones which may help get you all thinking along the right lines.

These composers have something in common. What is it? And who are they?

1 Antibacterial liquid Christmas (5)

2 Sea-shell in a Spring month (8)

3 Leather-cloth, almost nothing (9)

4 Flying rodents with ecstasy & sorceress (8)

5 Guiding and encouraging, almost (6)

6 Kidney vehicle? (7)

7 Indian wrap-around a Norwegian rock band, almost (8)

8 Belonging to a male line-manager (7)

9 Pines eggs (7)

10 Three Wise Men (4)

Rob

[Nogbert]

Thanks, Rob - definitely not so easy! To get the ball rolling:

2. Maconchy
7. Saariaho

Should serve to establish the common link!

Jo

[rob]

Thanks, Rob - definitely not so easy! To get the ball rolling:

2. Maconchy
7. Saariaho

Should serve to establish the common link!

Jo

Correct Jo!

[fredbucket]

Are chemists generally good at crosswords?

Chemists are good at everything...

Regards
Fred

[mballan]

Is 3. Chaminade & 10. Magi ?

Malc

[Timtin]

Presumably all are/were women composers.

Did almost nobody bother with my quiz due to its ease,
or was there some more worrying (for me) reason?
I thought my clues were quite good!