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Finding-the shorter clues irksome this week.

52 across: Buoyant intro from Offanbach in black key (6)
Have ??L???

27 down: Half of capital I invested in rate this man has settled (8)
Have S?L?N?S?

Solutions appreciated.

Enigma

52a AFLOAT (The O from Offanbach in A Flat (Black key))

27d COLONIST (LON(don) = I in Cost (Rate))

Sorry, that should be LON(don) + I in Cost)

Thank you Brendan.

My musical knowledge does not stretch to A flat being a black key. Actually I'm tone deaf.

Will have to look at 26 across because it clearly does not end in S!

Glad to help. For 26a the definition is the first two words and the instruction for solving the remaining five words.

As a violinist, the term "black key" means nothing to me. A flat is just another key. The term would only have meaning for keyboard players. I cannot say I have ever heard it used by any pianists I know.

I don't think anyone's using 'black key' as an actual term - just that a flat is a black key (on a piano). I didn't think of it as any form of specialised knowledge, just a description!