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Cryptic crosswords for beginners: music

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Next in our collection of tips and tricks to demystify the cryptic: the music of crosswords

Half of every cryptic clue is a description of what you need to write in the grid. Because crossword setters are kindly folk, the other half is a little recipe of the letters in the same word, and that recipe often has some abbreviations in it.

What abbreviations? Happily, these are things you’ve seen going about your non-crosswording business. The word “cold” might remind of you of a C from a tap; “Spain” should make you think of an E on the back of a car.

25acPromise to put piano on shelf (6)

1dInsect lived quietly (4)

12acAn opinion to contradict loudly (6)

12acPolitical supporter’s note secured in advance (6)

9acStoryteller withdrawing main work (5)

9d Bass has warning about fish in opera (6,7)

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