| CYGNUS | The Swan |
| GRUS | Symbolised by a crane, one of the constellations named after a bird, along with Aquila the Eagle, Columba the Dove, Corvus the Crow, Cygnus the Swan and others (4) |
| FREMANTLE | Western Australian city at the mouth of the Swan River - where the America's Cup was contested in the Southern Hemisphere for the first time |
| CELLO | One of the instruments used to perform Le Cygne (The Swan) in SaintSaens's The Carnival of the Anima |
| WHITE | Colour of the cue ball in snooker, pool and billiards; or, the author of Charlottes Web and The Trumpet of the Swan (5) |
| DENEB | Blue supergiant forming part of the Summer Triangle pattern which is the brightest star in Cygnus the Swan (5) |
| CARNIVAL | The - of the Animals; English title of a suite by Camille SaintSaens with 14 movements including The Swan (Le Cygne) (8) |
| EBWHITE | "The Trumpet of the Swan" author |
| EBW | "The Trumpet of the Swan" author |
| LEDA | - and the Swan; oil painting by the artist known as Correggio (4) |
| PERTH | The capital of Western Australia, on the Swan River (5) |
| DIEINMUSIC | In 5.2, Emilia confronts Iago with the truth in front of witnesses. Iago's lies and deceit begin to unravel. Iago stabs her and then exits. Emilia's last words are "I will play the swan, And ___ ___ _ |
| OBOE | Woodwind with the "swan" melody in Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake" |
| SIGNET | Ring The Swan earlier on the phone (6) |
| TEAL | Relative of the swan and the goose |
| ANSWER | The solution is to have the swan swim back again (6) |
| LOHENGRIN | Arthurian knight of German legend known as the Knight of the Swan (9) |
| NEPAL | In the Pyrenees, the swan rises finding mountainous land |
| TUTOR | Jourdan role in "The Swan" |
| INB | Like the Swan Lake finale |
