| OATERS | "Colorado Serenade" and |
| CAIN | James M ___, author of the novels Serenade and Mildred Pierce (4) |
| GLENNMILLER | US bandleader who composed Moonlight Serenade and who disappeared during a flight from England to France in 1944 (5,6) |
| CHARIVARI | Mock wedding serenade and hairstyle adopted by nervous vicar (9) |
| INCOURT | Fail to meet appointment during serenade and pass legal scrutiny (5,2,2,5) |
| STANDUP | Fail to meet appointment during serenade and pass legal scrutiny (5,2,2,5) |
| SONGS | Arias, bothy ballads, lullabies, sea shanties, serenades and suchlike, composed for human voices (5) |
| LYKEWAKE | And 18 Traditional English song set to music by Benjamin Britten in his 1943 Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings (4-4,5) |
| BALLETS | "Agon" and Serenade" |
| REHEARSE | Practise note and try first quarter of serenade |
| YIPIADDYIAY | 1909 song by John H Flynn and Will D Cobb sung by Jeanette MacDonald in the film Broadway Serenade |
| BRAIN | Surname of a famous English horn player to whom Benjamin Britten dedicated his Serenade for tenor, horn and strings (5) |
| TENNYSON | Poet whose The Splendour Falls or "Blow, Bugle, Blow" forms the setting of the nocturne in Benjamin Britten's Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings (8) |
| DIAMOND | Neil ___ who sang Sweet Caroline and Longfellow Serenade |
| LENNOXBERKELEY | British composer whose works include four symphonies and a 1939 Serenade for Strings |
| ELGAR | "Serenade for Strings" composer |
| HENIE | "Sun Valley Serenade" star |
| PENNY | "___ Serenade" (1941 Grant/Dunne tearjerker) |
| CAROLCARLO | 43 Serenade Sophia's spouse? |
| IRENE | Actress Dunne of "Penny Serenade" |
