Daily Telegraph Prize Crossword 27715 Tuesday February 3Rd 2015

[arjay]

19 across. Watchword of chap painting in retirement (6) ?A???A
21 across. Rose playing ancient instrument in retirement (8) R?????T?
26 across. Bird, yellow, heading off (5) R????
7 down. Worker having eaten roll, departs full (8) ?B?N?A??
14 down. Mocking father over in seedy bar (8) D?R?????
22 down. No mixer, single, introduced to two sides? (5) ????R
Thank you.

[maurice]

19 mantra
26 (c)raven
7 a-bun-d-ant
14 derisory ?
22 l-one-r

[grasscarp]

7d abundant

[grasscarp]

21 resolute

[maurice]

21 looks like "resolute" but can't see why "in retirement"

[arjay]

Thank you maurice and grasscarp

[elliemay1]

lute is at the end of the word, thus,'instrument in retirement'.

[Captain2]

I'm just wondering whether arjay has typed 21 a correctly, because the end of the clue above (19a) also ends in 'in retirement' which seems unusual.

Apologies to arjay if they are correct

[gangesboy]

The clue to 21a is Rose playing ancient instrument in set. Not in retirement.

[Captain2]

Thank you gangesboy

[beachcomber6]

it's been a couple of hours, BUT ....
14d d (eris) ive (not derisory)

[dannyk13]

Derisive is correct