Music Magazine x/word again!

[Neutron]

Hi cruciverbali, if you have a minute,
please. I've got a couple unanswered that I just can't get.
Etude, say, may be cut without a show of hesitation (8)
and
Old time French composer (10)
- - - - - - e - p -

(always supposing that I've got the right letters in from other answers!)

Thanks and all the best wishes,
Neutron

[cruciverbali]

I shall have a think about these Neutron- certainly no obvious answers are springing out just yet. More letters would of course be helpful - are there any others available from cross-checking entries ?

Cruciverbalist

[shaneystar2]

Your composer could be Vieuxtemps..which means Vieux(old) and Temps (time)
Henri Vieuxtemps..although he was was born in Belgium ..violinist and composer .

[cruciverbali]

Spot on ShaneyStar ! The 'French' refers to the wordplay of course, and not his nationality

[Neutron]

Great, shaneystar2, that fits perfectly
and gives help with the other one.

Thank you cruciverbalist, and the other one is now:
- x - - - - - -

so it isn't an anagram of 'etude say' which I'd thought it might be though I could not find a word from it that fitted.
excision, perhaps, but I can't see how that
works.

Anyway, thanks a bunch, shaneystar2 and ,
cruciverbalist,
All the best
Neutron

[shaneystar2]

Exercise...an etude is a study or practice piece ...an exercise

Excise ...to cut +er =hesitation

[Neutron]

Thanks so much shaneystar2, for your help and explanation.
Quite often I can't work out why something is right, as I'm still trying to learn how to do cryptic xwords and they need a different way of thinking about the clues, don't they. (I usually go for general knowledge ones.)
Thanks again,
Neutron