Alphabet associations - I

[Flay]

Doubledecker-itis: highly contagious. Interesting twofer puzzle from Lats back then - I remember it now I read it.

Oh well.

I am stricken! Note how the clues were longer and possibly easier to solve... (and to set!)

[amateur51]

After all, he was interviewed on Radio 3: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Why_Bother%3F

Oh that the Beeb would repeat these gems and the Private Passions episode featuring the 112-year old Viennese percussionist Manfred Sturmer

[Flay]

Oh that the Beeb would repeat these gems and the Private Passions episode featuring the 112-year old Viennese percussionist Manfred Sturmer

Oh indeed, Ammy! And Jimmy Disprin http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-en...y-1082057.html

Please don't be cross with me for the delay. I need a V to connect a Capital proposal, Rob Roy and Eloida *, and an East Asian Jubilamus

* Typo - see below!!

[Flay]

I need a V to connect a Capital proposal, Rob Roy and Elodia, and an East Asian Jubilamus

Aaaagh - a typo <doh> <doh> <doh> <doh>

[subcontrabass]

a Capital proposal,

Should that be a capital Capital proposal?

[Flay]

Should that be a capital Capital proposal?

Of course....

[subcontrabass]

So you seem to be looking for Valletta, nominated to be a European Capital of Culture in 2018, and the birthplace of Alessandro Curmi (composer of operas including Rob Roy and Elodia di Herstall) and of Carmelo Pace (composer of Jubilamus, performed by the Kyoto Symphony Orchestra during Expo '70 in Japan).

[Flay]

So you seem to be looking for Valletta, nominated to be a European Capital of Culture in 2018, and the birthplace of Alessandro Curmi (composer of operas including Rob Roy and Elodia di Herstall) and of Carmelo Pace (composer of Jubilamus, performed by the Kyoto Symphony Orchestra during Expo '70 in Japan).

Brilliant, subby, what an excellent return to AA.

I was Worrying that it was all too obscure.

What can you Worry us With?

[subcontrabass]

Try a W to link a three-cornered hat, pearl fishers, and a boy's magic horn.

[Nick Armstrong]

So you seem to be looking for Valletta, nominated to be a European Capital of Culture in 2018, and the birthplace of Alessandro Curmi (composer of operas including Rob Roy and Elodia di Herstall) and of Carmelo Pace (composer of Jubilamus, performed by the Kyoto Symphony Orchestra during Expo '70 in Japan).

Cor, Dumbledore: magic!

I wouldn't have got that in a month of Sundays.

[cloughie]

Cor, Dumbledore: magic!

I wouldn't have got that in a month of Sundays.

...and if you're like me Cali you'll never get his W in the next month of Sundays without a few more pointers.

[Nick Armstrong]

Try a W to link a three-cornered hat, pearl fishers, and a boy's magic horn.

We are clearly being directed to find a W link between the works by Falla, Bizet and Mahler respectively... or is that a misdirection?

Taking the puzzle at face value, a common W has eluded me so far. Offline for a bit now though...

[cloughie]

We are clearly being directed to find a W link between the works by Falla, Bizet and Mahler respectively... or is that a misdirection?

Taking the puzzle at face value, a common W has eluded me so far. Offline for a bit now though...

Snap

[subcontrabass]

[COLOR="#0000FF"]We are clearly being directed to find a W link between the works by Falla, Bizet and Mahler respectively... or is that a misdirection?

That is a misdirection. Works NOT by Falla, Bizet and Mahler.

[vinteuil]

We are clearly being directed ....

Taking the puzzle at face value...

... surely we know by now that subcontra is the subtlest beast in the field!