Galway Advertiser Christmas Crossword, December 22Nd 2022

[maggiegil]

This is very regional but I'm stuck on the last few and am hoping that someone might be able to figure some of these out

10ac ‘Oh the bells they rang and the cymbals clanged and horns they played away’ in the band of this old butcher near the market. 10. ???N???R??

28ac Leave your car or your bike in Córas Iompar knock. 4. ?E??

9 dn. Old character once wore XL clothing.5-5. ??R?Y/?O???

55 dn. Galway hairdresser of yore was a sax player whose daughter married Elvis
Costello in curvy Boeing. 3,8. ???/????O??E

64 dn. Old Aran ferry and Irish school was not quite an Irish entry.5. ???A?

Thanks

[Sam1960]

28. park (hidden in clue) ??

[Buenchico]

^^^ That's a possibility, Sam, if Maggie has correctly typed the clue.

However the name of the Irish Transport Company is actually Córas Iompair (Éireann), which introduces an intrusive 'i' into things.

[JJ109]

55 Vic Burgoyne

[JJ109]

Please note I don't know if Vic Burgoyne is correct, but Elvis Costello's first wife was a "Burgoyne", and if you take "curvy boeing" and remove the letters of "Burgoyne" you are left with "Vic"

[JJ109]

9d Forty-coats
https://lovindublin.com/dublin/the-story-behind-johnny-fortycoats-a-true-irish-character

I answered this one a few years ago!

[JJ109]

10a MacNamara's
https://mojim.com/usy164981x10x21.htm

[maggiegil]

@JJ109 I googled Vic Burgoyne and this forum post came up where it says he was a sax player. Thanks so much http://www.elviscostellofans.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?t=5013#top

[maggiegil]

@Buenchico theres no I in iompar in the clue so I think that @sam1960 is correct, thanks for your help