There are classical clues and chauvinistic catchphrases in this installment of collections from the cryptic crop
What’s your favourite part of the Proms? Not the Last Night, obviously, but if it’s not one of the staples of the schedule, perhaps it’s the experimental evenings, or the 20-odd-minute talks and chats on such subjects as Elgar’s relationship with bicycles?
8ac Is Elgar distracted by love in rooms for wags? (8)
[ anagram of ISLEGAR + ‘love’ in tennis ]
[ SERAGLI + O ]
1d Note: Brahms overture always turns up (5)
[ first letter (‘overture’) of ‘Brahms’ + reversed synonym for ‘always’ ]
[B + backwards EVER ]
16ac Sexist’s wife here lives around New Cross, facing west (7)
[ synonym for ‘lives’, surrounding abbrev. for ‘new’ + reversed synonym for ‘cross’ ]
[ IS, containing N + backwards ROOD ]
That’s what her indoors doesn’t understand Terry. A young bird keep[s] you feeling young.
8d Where City workers look for sex and hire models (5,5)
[ anagram (‘models’) of SEXANDHIRE ]