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Next one....#22, 21D: Jazz pianist playing after note on horn....Ans: Morton.

I understand Morton the jazz pianist, but "After note on horn"?

Colmm, glad I could help wit Cedar.
PS I don't think there's anything in the clue that suggests the answer is a verb.

Mort is an old word for a blast on a horn when hunting

Playing is on

True,

Drill can be a noun or a verb.

Tnx Candeldave,

I know that playing is on.

Re mort, I must have checked it at some stage because it is in my Google search !!

Hi all,

Next one....# 25, 1A: Easy, for example, to get illegal joint....Ans: Reefer.

I understand reefer and joint, but not easy despite a lot of checking.

Is it another term for a Speakeasy?

Colmm, a reefer can also be a midshipman, a person who reefs - and there's a literary Midshipman Easy (though I'd need to confirm the details of that, it's from my schooldays!)

Colmm,
A reefer is also a term for a midshipman, and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr_Midshipman_Easy

Mattrom, thanks for the link. I'd just been researching (ie Googling!) and saw the stuff from my schooldays. Not a book I'd choose to read!

Tnx Malone and Mattrom for your help.

Next one in due course.