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9a- Wagner lover is off before quarter past (5)

O?D?N

Olden - past, gone.
I think it's Isolde, a character in a Wagner opera, and 'n' for 'quarter' (north...as in north, south etc) . 'Is off' means to remove the 'is' - so you get olde +n.

Good answer. Thanks malone.