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Times cryptic jumbo 913 24ac "Shaking tambourine? Not our sort of music (7)
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56ac Game old lady last to open drawer (11)
_ _ _ _ G_ _ _ _ _ _

Ambient (tambourine, without 'our')
Draughtswoman

Ambient

Thanks for that. Ambient fine, but draughtswoman has too many letters!

draughtsMAN fits, but I can't quite see why...

Nor can I...a draughtsman is a drawer (someone who draws); perhaps the m-a-n are the LAST letters of woman...?

Ah, goddit!
Draughts (game) + ma (mother = old lady) + n (last to opeN).

Brill...

But think the clue is unprofessional, as ma is not exact enought for old lady...

Just for info only

Chambers Dict.
ma =, a childish contraction for mamma and mamma = mother.
old lady = mother or wife.
Therefore ma = mother = old lady.

Concise Oxford Dict.
ma = mother and old lady = mother. Therefore .....

I'd be quite happy with the setter.