In case anyone was wondering, the themes of this 2005 puzzle that resurfaced in the 2014 Proms season were William Walton (whose Violin Concerto reminded me that it is possible to bridge the apparent yawning void between Prokofiev and Elgar) and Richard Strauss (whose sesquicentenary it is). I think the motive for this puzzle was simply noticing that Walton’s two coronation marches are both 13 letters long. Playwright: nice words; composer: good titles for pieces; crossword setter: ooh, look, the same length…
ACROSS
8 FOURNIER; four + rein (rev.)
9 ENABLE; hidden
10 ORB AND SCEPTRE;
11 PARLANDO; pa + anag.
12 RUNRIG; run rig
13 STRAUSS; S + a in truss
16 JEPHTHA; J EP H tha(t)
19 FLUTER; flu(t)ter
21 RICERCAR; anag. inc. c
24 CROWN IMPERIAL; crown + Imperial
25 ISLAND; hidden
26 LES NOCES; no CE in less
DOWN
1 CORONA; cor on a
2 ARABELLA; Arab Ella
3 MIGNON; anag. – a
4 PRESTON; ‘pressed on’
5 REHEARSE; re-hears e
6 WALTON; law (rev.) + to n
7 ALBERICH; anag. + rich
14 TELECAST; t + anag.
15 SERENADE; anag.
17 HARRISON; h arr I son
18 TREMOLO; re in anag.
20 THOMAS; tho Mas(s)
22 CREASE; re in case
23 ASLEEP; a slee(k) p
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