| VIOLINS | "Walk my way; And a thousand ... begin to play; Or it might be the sound of your hello; That music I |
| ECHO | The word for the sound of your voice bouncing back to you after you shout out (4) |
| MIGHT | Could be the sound of a tiny creature (5) |
| DAP | Physical hello that might include a fist bump |
| SHAWNHOOK | Canadian singer of current tune "Sound of Your Heart": 2 wds. |
| CIAO | Italian word for "hi" that contains three different vowels |
| BOTTLE | It might have a high shoulder, or a sloping shoulder, or it might be a magnum or a salmanazar |
| PAULANKA | He was a teen singing icon in the 50s and 60s, wrote the lyrics for Sinatra's My Way and sang a duet with Lisa Simpson in The Simpsons episode, Treehouse of Horror VI (4,4) |
| DOCTOREDUP | Altered, in a way ... and a hint to the org. that helped create the answers to starred clues |
| BRINDISI | Ancient South East Italian port, end point of the Roman Appian Way and a centre of the Crusades in the Middle Ages (8) |
| MEMORANDUM | A note to remind me and mum, or it might be (10) |
| STRIKE | A buffet - or it might be of the sit-down variety (6) |
| SOILTYPE | It might be clay or it might be loam |
| IRSQUOMSTILLHERE | "I've taken myself to the edges of life my way. And ____" (Slash, Guns N' Roses guitarist) (2,5,4) |
| BREAKINGRUST | Nonexistent singer who topped the Billboard's Country Digital Song Sales chart on Nov. 12 With the AI-generated "Walk My Walk"; it's also what our three theme entries are doing, in a literal sense |
| TRATTORIA | It's a tart - or it might be - from an Italian restaurant (9) |
| BLACKJACK | A club - or it might be a spade (9) |
| TRIO | It's a piece for three, or it might be (4) |
| RONDEAU | Form of poem about a nude, or it might be (7) |
| ONRUSH | Hasty advance of the Huns - or it might be (6) |
