Complete Clue List
Across
1. "The High School ____", 1890 march by 10D
5. Guest spots
9. Wonderment sometimes observed listening to brass band music
11. Writes illegibly
12. Chance to get even
13. 5D + 13A: American trumpeter who led the Tijuana Brass (surname)
16. Brass instrument resembling the trumpet and cornet: ____ horn (alt.)
17. Set of percussion instruments for a single player (4,3)
18. "The Washington ____" 1889 march by 10D, commissioned by a newspaper
20. Give and take
22. Traffic stoppers
23. Yahtzee quintet
25. The "Bangkok Post" says military marching bands brought Western music to this continent
28. Opening between the vocal cords
30. 10D's march for American 29D: "The Glory of the ____ Navy" (1909)
31. 31A + 16D: 1888 composition by 10D, official march of the US Marine Corps (Lat., first word)
34. Not so keen
35. Resounding percussion instrument (pl.)
36. "Mamma ____!" Italian expression conveying different emotions, also an ABBA song
37. Unyielding, or potential description of pannists from the Caribbean? Dan would know
38. Hit loudly and repeatedly, like some drummers (4,2)
Down
2. Pertinent
3. Sir ____ Elgar: "Pomp and Circumstance Marches" (Op. 39)
4. Military band?
5. 5D + 13A: American trumpeter who led the Tijuana Brass (first name)
6. Noisy disturbance
7. Alex ____, composer of the "Invercargill March"
8. B-flat equivalent, tuning of several brass instruments
10. John ____ Sousa, American composer: "The March King"
14. Foot pedal
15. Repercussions
16. 31A + 16D: 1888 composition by 10D, official march of the US Marine Corps (Lat., second word)
19. 4D in Japan
21. Black cuckoo
23. Rehearsal (3,3)
24. Musical event
26. Provider of top notes, descriptor for E-flat cornet
27. "Hands ____ the Sea", 1899 march by 10D
28. Horse, to a toddler; sometime participant in 22A (3-3)
29. Nautical types who sometimes have their own military band
32. The Salvation ____: church founded by William Booth (1865), often featuring brass band music
33. Sign of healing