Enigmatic Variations 1126 Translation by Samson

[If you’re attending York S&B please see comments 32&33] - here

A puzzle subject to be found and two of his works. Followed by a translation to be found based on extra letters in the wordplay – sounds like fun.

And I was as well as informative.

A fair mix of easy medium and the odd difficult clue this week. Relatively quickly the composer appeared – being the author of the works in 5 down as RICHARD STRAUSS. My favourite being 3dn. There are a couple 3dn and 39dn for which the wordplay eludes me.

1ac and 47ac were then easy to confirm as METAMORPHOSES and FOUR LAST SONGS.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Last_Songs is full of information on the work and again it proved helpful with the other elements of the work to be found. The extra letters spelt out:

TITLES

FRUHLING

SEPTEMBER

BEIM SCHLAFEN

IM ABENDROT

which my O’Level German could translate as:

Spring; September; Going to Sleep; At Sunset (OR literally in the evening red)

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These four songs comprising the last works of Richard Strauss and these needed to be highlighted in the final grid.

Many thanks Samson – I even listened to the music.

Key:

* Anagram

Underline – definition

Rev. reverse

DD Double definition

 

ACROSS

	1 Unclued (13) METAMORPHOSES
T	10 Heading off on flight, journey starts here? (8) Stairs (flight) – s (heading) + trip = AIRSTRIP
I	11 Regularly braving the garden in Delhi (4) BrAvInG – regularly braving = BAGH
T	14 Kiss favourite cheek (on the outside!) (4) Pet (favourite) + ck (cheek (on the outside!))= PECK
L	15 Factory turned out primarily posh car (4) Rev. Mill (factory) + o (out primarily) = LIMO
E	16 Shipping order goes towards submarine spotters (6) SO (Shipping order) + nears (goes towards) = SONARS
S	17 Arrest Mark after Ed’s injured (6) (Ed)* + stain (mark) = DETAIN
F	18 Lie about and inform on churchman (6) Rev. Fib (lie) + shop (inform on) = BISHOP
R	19 Poet’s vision displays fish (7) Airs (displays) + ling (fish) = AISLING
U	21 Part of speech includes English gas (4) Noun (part of speech) around e (English) = NEON
H	23 Higgs boson moves without new boss moving (5) (Higgs boson – boss)* = GOING
L	25 Fever’s dangerously hot – idly call in priest (7) (hot idly p)* = TYPHOID
I	26 Tenor in Aida sorted facts (4) T (tenor) in (aida)* = DATA
N	28 First of tutor’s relatives leaving university in rags (4) T (first of tutor) + aunts (relatives) – u (university) = TATS
G	30 One’s giving away property? Take lots, get drunk (7) (R(take) + lots + get)* = SETTLOR
S	31 Living in sin? Ask around (5) sin in beg(ask) = BEING
E	33 Rewards jokers (4) DD Wages WAGS
P	35 Walker’s introduction overlooking first Eastern river (7) Preamble (Introduction) – e + r (river) = RAMBLER
T	37 About nine slept over – what’s on TV? (6) Ix (nine) in Rev. Slept = PIXELS
E	38 Grabbing instrument he deserted and became itinerant (6) He + d (deserted) around Oboe (instrument) = HOBOED
M	40 Took stock and attacked (6) DD Stormed STORED
B	43 Delay old commoner being beheaded – no good (4) Pleb (commoner) – p + ng (no good) = LENG
E	44 Every other hour Elsie colours (4) HoUr ElSiE = HUES
R	45 Bishop in shelter learning Scottish (4) RR (Bishop) in Lee (shelter) = LERE
B	46 Placeboes affected piece of meat (8) (Placeboes)* = ESCALOPE
	47 Unclued (13, three words) FOUR LAST SONGS

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E	1 Send up identical second service (4) Rev (s (secon) + same(identical)) = MASS
I	2 Branch of church putting bit of prayer into toy (8) P in train set (toy) = TRANSEPT
M	3 A country once found here (4) A + Siam (country) = ASIA
S	4 Cultivate roses, they’re valuable when dug up (4) (roses)* = ORES
	5 Unclued (14, two words) RICHARD STRAUSS
C	6 Scottish coastal water ebbing, giving one difficulties (5) Rev. sealoch – a (one) = HOLES
H	7 Short account of departed (one from the Shire) bowled out (4) Hobbit (one from the Shire (Tolkien)) – b(bowled) = OBIT
L	8 Eye up showing self-confidence (3) Rev Ogle (Eye up) = EGO
A	9 Running hard as using leg protectors (10, two words) (hard as using)* = SHIN GUARDS
F	12 Mafia treated number violently (5) (mafia)* + n (number) = AMAIN
E	13 Once I pasted stamp (4) (once I)* = COIN
N	14 Maybe she’s a hooker, no sister (7) Pro (hooker) + no + nun (sister) = PRONOUN
G	17 Extremely good egg backed into Irish miner (6) Gd (extremely good) + Rev(egg) in Ir(Irish) = DIGGER
E	18 Spouse suffering the belt with fear (10, two words) (the belt fear)* = BETTER HALF
H	20 Top Liberal disguised (3) L(liberal) + hid (disguised) = LID
E	22 Criminal greed in mixed car parts (6) (greed in)* = RINGED (as in a car made from many others)
N	24 Shows more ingenuity than responsibility taking in fool (7) Nous (responsibility) around twit (fool) = OUTWITS
I	27 Old learning excited boy (8) (O learning)* = ALGERNON
M	29 Musical lion without a brother? (3) Simba (lion in The Lion king) – a = SIB
A	32 Burning wood! Teddy follows me out (5) Bear (Teddy) after (me)* = EMBER
B	34 Wily Scots hiding in Carlisle belfry (4) Hidden (CarliSLE BELfry) = SLEE
E	36 Allege wrong? The opposite! (5) (allege)* = LEGAL
N	39 Old note, thereon ultimately the Queen (4) o (old) + N(note)  + er (queen) = ONER (£1 note)
D	40 Scottish Education Department’s state school (4) SED (scottish Education department) + CT (State) = SECT
R	41 Doctor’s locum holds capital (4) Hidden DoctORS LOcum = OLSO
O	42 Every other day Heloise colours (4) DaY hElOiSe = DYES
T	43 Sign permit over (3) Let (permit) + o (over) = LEO