Bbc Music Magazine No. 300

[susanwilton]

22d) Theatrical songwriter's struggle tucking into fish (6) ??w?r?
22a) Cimarosa opera character left out of Ring? (5) ??r?e

17d) Like Johnny, note, in dance (Highland dance not beginning) (8) j?n?l?n? Think this must be jingling, but if so, why?

[Lie-in King]

22d Co-war-d
22a Circ(l)e

[dannyk13]

22d Co war d

[Toorak]

Coward
Circe

[scorpiojo]

(F)Ling (highland dance) + jig (dance) + n(ote)

[aelmpvw]

22a circe

[scorpiojo]

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

[dannyk13]

Jangling(guitars)

[Lie-in King]

17d Jingling - 'n(ote)' (in) 'jig' + '(f)ling'

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkish_crescent

[susanwilton]

Thank you all for your speedy replies.
I'm embarrassed about not getting Coward! But thank you for solving Circe and explaining jingling.
Lie-in King, are you an opera buff in addition to your other talents?

[dannyk13]

He's a polymath Susan.

[susanwilton]

Sooooo impressed (and thankful for that knowledge!)

[scorpiojo]

Invisible again