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Blend of many highly-acidic nickel/carbon compounds (10)

Like an organ with tumor - nothing new in this, according to Caesar (10)

She put the kettle on but left out playing Chopin - "Like it's noise on the piano"!(10)

Australian MP (centre left) making noises, spinning several different lines at the same time (10)

POLLY is Au slang for a politician, not in Chambers

Dolphy* coping endlessly, playing like Josquin's* music? (10)

*Eric Dolphy
*Josquin des Prez

Leaving Hollywood, Coppola, Lynch and I produced harmonic (10)

I’m going to be brief because I’m on our island with just a phone and my awkwardly large fingers. I very much enjoyed reading your entries. A few especially nice touches were simplesimon’s “police nympho,” dorrien’s “she put the kettle on,” and mattrom’s “spinning several different lines.” I’m going with geeker @15, partly because I have a collection of Josquin recordings, acquired in my wild youth, and have been awash in nostalgia lately; but really, it’s a nice clue.

Dolphy coping endlessly, playing like Josquin’s music? (10)

Your prize is a bit of mystic mathematics, a hint of eternity.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OzQxy3qCp4g&list=RDEM8f95H4k9o4Th4II-09JjDw&index=2

Thanks so much, all of you. Always a pleasure.

Congrats Geeker, nicely done. Many thanks Aristo, enjoyed the clip. Cheers all, PR just posted…

Thanks Aristo for hosting.
Nice one Geeker - I’m a Dolphy fan
Maths geeks rule!

Thanks, aristo, enjoyed the clip. Attractive/tempting word to clue, but it proved difficult to come up with an entry.

I discovered Renaissance polyphony only in 2013 and became somewhat of an enthusiast. I own at least one recording of Missa Papae Marcelli and enjoy the work of The Sixteen. Have been a Dolphy fan for longer...