| SOUNDBOX | Sensible wood for part of a violin |
| AME | French word for "soul", as in a person or a vital part of a violin (3) |
| RIB | Any one of the curved pieces of wood forming the sides of a violin or the body of a lute; ornamental band on the spine of a book; or, an arch separating the webs of a vault (3) |
| FHOLE | Part of a violin |
| FINGERBOARD | Part of a violin |
| NECK | Part of a violin that supports the fingerboard (4) |
| PEG | Part of a violin quartet? |
| FROG | End part of a violin bow |
| SCRAPE | A very thin layer of butter on a piece of bread or toast; a tuneless stroke of a violin bow; a mass of earth dug up by a rabbit; or, an awkward or embarrassing predicament (6) |
| STRING | Cord of an archery bow; a "wire" of a violin; fibrous strip of a runner bean; or, a series of linked sausages (6) |
| BODY | Main text of a letter; full flavour of wine; sound box of a violin or a guitar; or, the opacity of a paint (4) |
| BOUT | A stint of strenuous exercise or overindulgence, for example; a contest or match in boxing, fencing or wrestling; a curve in the side of a violin; or, an attack of illness, such as flu (4) |
| HOLMES | A dressing-gown-wearing, honey bee-farming, pipe-smoking, consulting detective, literary master of abductive reasoning and eccentric scraper of a violin, whose fellow Watson is a doctor of medicine (6 |
| HEEL | Part of a human foot containing the calcaneus; or, section of a violin bow (4) |
| SOUL | Psyche or spirit; essence or essential part; sound-post or "anima" of a violin; or, the lungs of a goose (4) |
| BRIDGE | Piece of wood supporting the strings of a violin, guitar etc |
| WOLF | Large canine such as Rudyard Kipling's Akela; or, a non-harmonic note or tone made by the bow on a string of a violin or cello (4) |
| BACK | Posterior part of the body; or, the underside of a violin (4) |
| BASSBAR | Strip of wood on the belly of a violin which distributes vibrations (4-3) |
| PIZZICATO | Technique of plucking the strings of a violin, eg |
