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13A: I'll need air conditioning after day stuck in traffic - raging (10)
??M?N?A?A?
Demoniacal = raging (def)
but cannot parse the rest of it?
Please explain!

day = mon
traffic = deal

i (i) and ac (air con)

Hi elle,
[I + ac (air conditioning) after Mon (Monday)] in deal (traffic).

Thank you, chelle and ginge.
That was really puzzling me.

LOI......
17A: He wrote music very badly, almost entirely using un-English instruments (5 - 5)
?I?L? - L?B?S
I haven't a clue what this can be - please can someone give me both an answer and an explanation of the parsing?
I think the letters are all correct.

Villa Lobos

Very = v + I'll (badly)

Sorry.
Almost entirely =al (l) + obo (e) s

Thank you ,Les.
I would never have got that, as I'm afraid I've never heard of him. And I certainly couldn't se the wordplay.
Much appreciated.
Finished now!

Sorry elle, I'm new to a tablet and predicted text is driving me nuts.

V + ill + al(l) + obo(e)s
Minus the L from almost entirely / minus E from UN (takeaway) English
Hope that makes sense.
Villa Lobos = Brazilian composer = Def