| TAKESABOW | What the fiddler does before and after his recital (5,1,3) |
| TAKEABOW | What fiddler does before and after performance (4,1,3) |
| VIOLINIST | He bows both during and after his recital |
| TAKESHISBOW | Acknowledges applause, as the fiddler does (5,3,3) |
| CECIL | Flat-racing legend who trained Frankel before and after his win at the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes in 2011 (5) |
| ROOSEVELT | During his time in office, and after his death in 1945, his wife played a formidable role in American public life (9) |
| WEIGHSOUT | What a jockey does before a race (6,3) |
| CALLEDFOR | Summoned, as the fiddlers three |
| BOWED | What the fiddler did even before being applauded! (5) |
| TWISTING | What the fiddler's doing for dancing! (8) |
| BOWING | What the violinist is practising - for the end of his recital? (6) |
| ROOF | What the fiddler fiddled on |
| BOWWOW | What a maestro fiddler does said the dog (3,3) |
| CHAGALL | His painting The Fiddler inspired Fiddler on the Roof |
| SCRAPEALIVING | What professional fiddler does just to get by? (6,1,6) |
| SCRIBES | What the doctor does before leaving records (7) |
| EXPECTORATION | What the speaker's audience does before coughing (13) |
| EJECTS | What the pilot does before crashing |
| ATONES | What an MP does before he takes his seat (6) |
| SUMUP | What a judge does before the jury retires |
