| PDQBACH | "Grand Serenade for an Awful Lot of Winds and Percussion" composer |
| ATTACHED | Unrestricted description of orchestra consisting of wind and percussion (4,2,7,8) |
| WITHNOSTRINGS | Unrestricted description of orchestra consisting of wind and percussion (4,2,7,8) |
| BARTOK | "Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion" composer |
| ERODE | Vanish gradually because of winds and/or water |
| TUBER | A potato, for example, for an awful brute |
| NOSTARS | Rating for an awful movie |
| NOSTRINGS | Without preconditions, orchestra's downsized to piano, wind and percussion...! (2,7,8) |
| ARGO | An awful lot of cargo for an ancient ship (4) |
| PACKET | An awful lot of money for a boat (6) |
| TALKING | The Scarecrow in The Wizard Of Oz said wisely, "Some people without brains do an awful lot of ..." |
| ARISTOTLE | Philosopher manages the stair with an awful lot of energy (9) |
| SANTOS | Where there's an awful lot of coffee in Brazil (6) |
| USURY | - taking an awful lot of interest in this? |
| PETERROGET | Best-selling author who used an awful lot of commas |
| DIN | Baby-minding can produce an awful lot of noise (3) |
| INKCAPS | Picks an awful lot of dodgy fungus (7) |
| TRILLION | That's an awful lot of birdsong on island first (8) |
| SHEDLOAD | Dump cargo - there's an awful lot of it |
| TORRENT | Hill torn by an awful lot of water (7) |
