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 After
months of silence, I have at last been persuaded to reveal the solutions
to Bikwil’s two musical anagram puzzles — the Wagner one (Issue
10, November 1998), and the jazz one (Issue
15, September 1999).
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A) Wagner
Anagrams Solution
Gross couple make ardent offal fans. (6,3,6)
Fafner and Fasolt
Satan's power? (6,5)
Wotan’s spear
A nudge is singleminded when it comes to incest.
(8,3,9)
Siegmund and Sieglinde
Morse turfs rum for whispering grove. (6,7)
Forest Murmurs
Vote limit on signature tune. (9)
Leitmotiv
John Culshaw's unerring doings. (4,10)
Ring Resounding
Eerie red furnishings joy for river cruise hero
(10,5,7)
Siegfried’s Rhine Journey
Confused hat buyer puts it on the map. (8)
Bayreuth
I bring tonsils for soprano. (6,7)
Birgit Nilsson
Battle birds in the saddle derisively ko father.
(4,2,3,8)
Ride of the Valkyries
Will audio vigil bar waif in lunatic kingdom? (6,2,2,7)
Ludwig II of Bavaria
Magyar with tiger's logo. (5,5)
Georg Solti
Does an ugly Nibelung ever belch air? (8)
Alberich
Rug tune creates false bride. (7)
Gutrune
Blame the whole bloody lot on this rewarding arch.
(7,6)
Richard Wagner
(B) Jazz Anagrams Solution
Analyst worms in (6,8)
Wynton Marsalis
Bond money nag (5,7)
Benny Goodman
Born wary (3,5)
Ray Brown
Cute bonsai (5,5)
Count Basie
Doglike tunnel (4,9)
Duke Ellington
Glee ramble (6,4)
Graeme Bell
Her satirical chin (7,9)
Charlie Christian
In my larger lug (5,8)
Gerry Mulligan
Lie on lace (4,5)
Cleo Laine
Massive lid (4,5)
Miles Davis
Men galore (6,3)
Lee Morgan
My newest groom (3,10)
Wes Montgomery
No machine walks (7,7)
Coleman Hawkins
No mean hilltop (6,7)
Lionel Hampton
Our migrant loss (5,9)
Louis Armstrong
Oval cherries (6,6)
Horace Silver
Pure ancestors (5,8)
Oscar Peterson
Tank sonnet (4,6)
Stan Kenton
Waterfalls (4,6)
Fats Waller
Me a donor? Why? (5,6)
Woody Herman
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