Guardian Prize 29,572

[HBAnorak]

I have one letter left to complete and cannot get anything in either direction. The clues are:

Set of organ pipes, first switched off (5). It has three consonants of which the last two are G and R. Answer is a composer.

 

Fate's no choice of letters (4). This a non-themed clue. It has three consonants, which are N,?,N. So that's a strange word, only nemn and nown fit as far as I can see and I cannot parse either, nor can I find a composer who fits either. 

TVMIA!

[newmodarmy]

Greig?

[newmodarmy]

GRIEG, sorry.

 

[Neveracrossword]

Elgar?

[Neveracrossword]

Fate...Norm, N or M?

That's only if the second N is incorrect! 

[newmodarmy]

Elgar is better of they have to be in that order

[newmodarmy]

N or N

[newmodarmy]

https://kids.britannica.com/students/article/Norns/312736#:~:text=In%20Norse%20mythology%2C%20the%20Norns,the%20thread%20should%20be%20snapped.

[newmodarmy]

The norns determined people's fates

[HBAnorak]

Thanks for the suggestions. I'm very confident about the two Ns (from Arnold and Tournemire). How do you define NORN?

[HBAnorak]

OK, you live and learn, thanks for that! So it's no longer necessary for the solution but I'm going to fing that RGR organ pipe fella for peace of mind!

[newmodarmy]

Maybe this

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Roger_(composer)

[HBAnorak]

It'll do. There is a famous pipe organ manufacturer called Rodgers, which parses if you ignore the d, and it doesn't matter anyway with the R already completed from norn, which I had never heard of before. Thanks all and merry Christmas!

[Neveracrossword]

HBAnorak, although my suggestions were wildly wrong, it's been an interesting thread.