Cryptic Mahler

[gurnemanz]

A nice cryptic clue in the i Newspaper:

National radio broadcast introduces Mahler's Fourth and Ninth, maybe (7 letters)

[Resurrection Man]

Please...put me out of my misery! The answer !!!!!!!

[salymap]

Yes,please give the answer. I keep trying to get Blumine or Titanic to fit although I know they both belong to Symphony 1. Please tell us...........

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

I was looking at the letter "L" (= the fourth letter of "Mahler") then got stuck!

[gurnemanz]

Being cryptic, the solution has nothing to do with Mahler.

"Broadcast" means spread around, i.e. make an anagram of the letter "N" (from "National" as in NHS etc ) + RADIO. The fourth letter of Mahler - i.e. L - is then introduced (i.e. put next to) this remix. "Ninth" is the non-cryptic clue which is an ORDINAL number.

Well, I enjoyed it.

[vinteuil]

Well, I enjoyed it.

hmmm...

not quite as elegant as the all-time French classic -

"Fait du vieux avec du neuf", 11 letters...

[Petrushka]

Being cryptic, the solution has nothing to do with Mahler.

"Broadcast" means spread around, i.e. make an anagram of the letter "N" (from "National" as in NHS etc ) + RADIO. The fourth letter of Mahler - i.e. L - is then introduced (i.e. put next to) this remix. "Ninth" is the non-cryptic clue which is an ORDINAL number.

Well, I enjoyed it.

I got part of the way there but failed to follow through! I used to like doing crossword puzzles like this but the time just isn't there nowadays and you need a while to get into the mind-set of the compiler - by which time he/she had changed. My favourite clues were those in the Saturday 'Telegraph' prize crossword which were often easy to give you a start but were those laugh out loud ones. For instance this appeared in the Christmas Eve edition one year:

'He'll soon be on his annual package tour' (5,5)

[Resurrection Man]

Santa Claus!

I liked this one from todays Telegraph... Friendly Business Secretary queries his identity? (8)

[gurnemanz]

Am I Cable?

Nice one.

Here's a snappy one from the Indie recently:

Fruit bats. (7 letters)

[scottycelt]

Am I Cable?

Nice one.

Here's a snappy one from the Indie recently:

Fruit bats. (7 letters)

Does the fruit begin with 'b', and end in 's' ... ?