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Hi
Just can't get this last couple
19 ac Changes from one on the fiddle dashed across about narcotic (11)
S ? ? R D A T ? R ? S
I guess there is a Stradivarius in there somewhere ?

Scordaturas.

scordaturas

SCORDATURAS?

It refers to the process of changing the tuning on a violoin. Biber's Rosary Sonatas are a good example.

DATURA is a narcotic, with anagram ACROSS?

...anagram of 'datura' ( a narcotic plant) and 'cross'. It's a musical term/instruction, pluralised.

No, just CROSS

Thanks all.that makes 20 d CAITIVE ?

20 D. Beware retaining the other in Spenser's subject (7)
Caitive.


Not everyone has the paper, but some helpers like seeing the clues.

Where does the second i come from in caitIve?

Apologies Malone