| CHINREST | For player comfort, what is clamped on to a violin? (4,4) |
| OUTBOARD | Which petrol motor is clamped on the stern of a boat |
| RELEASE | Relative comfort, what a prisoner hopes for (7) |
| VISED | Clamped on a workbench |
| CONCOURSE | Malediction clamped on company gathering. (9) |
| VIOLATION | To a violin, this is the way it is regarded as an act of abuse |
| ROSIN | Substance applied to a violin bow |
| STOW | ___ bobbin is clamped to line to ensure bite registers (*to SW) (4) |
| OBOIST | Player is clamped in machine with head concealed |
| MISPLACED | Parked in wrong position, is clamped, disastrously |
| PRESS | Apple or grape crusher; a utensil to mince garlic cloves; or, a clamped device used to preserve flowers and foliage (5) |
| OXIMETER | Probe clamped to a finger for testing blood oxygen saturation or SpO2 (8) |
| SIGNED | What manager did for player, for example, to stop writer (6) |
| RELIGION | Clamped first in leg-iron, to conform to doctrine (8) |
| VIOLIST | 6 on a roll collects nothing for player (7) |
| PIANIST | In setting for orchestra, a fault turning over for player |
| CUE | Signal for player to hit ball, in a way |
| CELLIST | Secretive group is on top of termination in contract for player (7) |
| TRADETO | Swap with, as in a player-for-player deal |
| VISE | Instrument attached to a workbench with (2) movable jaws between which an object maybe clamped |
