Bbc Music Magazine Prize Crossword No. 335

[susanwilton]

13d) Right to avoid twisting crucial tool for piano expert (6-3) T?N?N?-??? I have put tuning pin, but having difficulty to fit in another clue ...
24a) Academic, perhaps to work idly around overture from Haydn (7) ??I???R If 'pin' is correct, then this would then be ??I?P?R
4d) Clear contralto, at full volume, not working for session with tutor (9) C?E?D?ESS With all those letters, I'm embarrassed to say I'm still stumped ....

[elliemay1]

4 cloudless

[susanwilton]

Thank you elliemay1, I'd put 'vibrate' instead of 'vibrato' as an answer, so 'cloudless' makes perfect sense now!

[Mamyalynne]

13 Tuning key

[Lie-in King]

24a Thinker - 'tinker' (around) 'H(aydn)' (overture)

[Toorak]

24 thinker
Tinker around h(aydn)

[susanwilton]

Thank you all .... I'd blundered with the 'pin', so thinker fits perfectly. Just have one last clue ... 12d) Desperate to hang on, yearning to take in work by Schubert? (4-5) L?S?-D?T?H

[elliemay1]

last ditch

[susanwilton]

Hi elliemay1, thought it might be last ditch, but how does the Schubert part work .... thank you for your help.

[Toorak]

Last (hang on) itch (yearning) around d - the symbol for schubert’s Thematic catalogue of work

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schubert_Thematic_Catalogue

[susanwilton]

Thank you Toorak, I hadn't realised about the significance of the letter 'd'.