Tls 1245

[smallsizenun]

Have actually solved it (I think!) but am unable to fully parse a few clues.

5d Rumpole should know all about this rubbish as is found in backward country. Answer has to be STATUTE BAR, and I see the Rumpole part but not the connection to rubbish or a backward country (or country backward).

14a View unfinished version of _The Soldier's Return_ I take to be SIGHT (=view) but don't see the rest of the connection.

15a They're heard in music of Salieri initially not ever discordantly introduced. I have put OVERTUNES with anag. of NOT EVER but perhaps it is OVERTONES after all as either answer yields a leftover letter and I can't tie either decisively to the clue.

Any help will be gratefully welcomed!

[1ozzy]

14a Unfinished return Th(e) GI's backwards

[JJ109]

Overtones = anag not ever + O(f) S(alieri) (initially)

[JJ109]

^^ in fact it is
O(f) + (anag) "not ever" + S(alieri) = overtones (they're heard in music)

[JJ109]

What are the actual letters that you have for 5d, please

[JJ109]

Statute LAW
Wales backwards around tat (rubbish) + ut ??

[1ozzy]

I can see "tat in US reversed , te bar?

[JJ109]

ut = latin "by some means" or words to that effect - but as my understanding of Latin is poor could it relate to "as is" in this clue ?

[1ozzy]

I'd bet my knowledge of Latin is worse than most ;-(

[1ozzy]

Google translate as is into latin = ut

[JJ109]

"If" ut means as is, then the parse is as follows

Statute Law (Rumpole should know all about this) = tat (rubbish) ut (as is) (found inside) S E LAW (backwards Wales/country)

[JJ109]

Many thanks ozzy then it is STATUTE LAW and not Statute bar!

[1ozzy]

Well done JJ

[JJ109]

Thanks Ozzy

[smallsizenun]

Many thanks to all esp. JJ! A big stumbling block was TAT which I only knew as a verb (to make what my grandmother used to call fancywork). Now all is clear. Thank you again!