Saturday Times Jumbo Cryptic 906 Saturday January 8th 2011

[diogenes44]

40 Cat’s got to tear outside, getting kicked (9) r?n?r?c??
6 Shooting scene from popular rock opera that’s coming up (2,6) o?,c?r?a?
1 Having change of heart, put down pen (5) ??i?l. Quill,possibly
1 Preserve material from part-time Athenian dramatist (6) ??i?c?. Quince perhaps
30 RAF returning to this village would get send-off (5) e?e?l
29 Place up above jar assorted boxes (8) ?a?a?e?o. Looks like Sarajevo??

[bibblebub]

40d renounced...............6d OK Corral...................1a quill...........1d quince.................30a Ewell...............29d Sarajevo

[Nical]

40. Renounced (rend (tear) with ounce (cat) inside.
6 OK Corral (reads backwrad in clue (popuLAR ROCK Opera)
1. Quill (change of heart= change 'quell' to 'quill')
1. Quince (preserve, I didn't get the dramatist reference)
30. Ewell (a village in SE England. If you add RAF to it, you get 'farewell', send-off.
29. Sarajevo

[diogenes44]

Thanks Nical, much appreciated.

[hastings]

Quince refers to a character in A Midsummer Night's Dream; Athenians who present the play before the court