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[barnaclebill58]

6d Western sign in bar initially changed. Ans must be occidental (western) but can't parse.
21a Maybe drop Harry on fine very old bay , heading west. Ans has to be half volley. I can get hal f vo yell reversed . But how is half volley maybe drop? I did think of a tennis half volley but that is nothing like a drop shot.

[JJ109]

21 A drop kick (a drop) in rugby is always done on the half volley

[JJ109]

....A drop kick in rugby union is a type of kick that involves someone dropping a ball and then kicking when it hits the ground, in contrast to a punt wherein the dropper kicks the ball without letting it hit the ground first.....

[JJ109]

6d Initially change Occidental and it becomes Accidental

An accidental is a sign in a bar of music

[JJ109]

....In the measure (bar) where it appears, an accidental sign raises or lowers the immediately following note (and any repetition of it in the bar) from its normal pitch, overriding the key signature......

[barnaclebill58]

Thanks both . Knowing zero about music I'm afraid "overriding the key signature" means nothing to me. All I can think is that instead of playing a note at a frequency (I think that's what pitch is) marked at X you play it at Y -so why not mark it at Y in the first place?

[aelmpvw]

position of sharps and flats do not appear on a musical stave so the sharp or flat sign has to precede the note