| FIDDLE | A bit of sharp practice for a music maker (6) |
| ONTHEFIDDLE | Playing the violin involved a bit of sharp practice (2,3,6) |
| ROASTING | Criticising an alternative return from a bit of sharp practice ... (8) |
| STROPS | Athletic pursuits turn into instruments of sharp practice (6) |
| BASSGUITAR | Tailor grabs a suit for a music-maker (4,6) |
| MOCKED | Made sport about test practice for a little boy (6) |
| ADJOIN | Neighbour's a music maker performing around India |
| CONTACTS | Bit of sharp practice sticking to diplomacy and endless number of associates (8) |
| NUNSFIDDLE | Sister's bit of sharp practice with marine trumpet (3'1,6) |
| DRYRUN | Practice for a TT race? (3,3) |
| RECONNAISSANCE | Scouting's revival spiked by bit of sharp practice |
| OBIE | There's nothing in an award for a music-maker (4) |
| TRUMPETER | Fish for a music-maker (9) |
| REEDORGAN | Papyrus paper for a music maker (4,5) |
| CELLO | Monk's lodging has nothing for a music-maker (5) |
| BASSHORN | Strait cape for a music-maker (4-4) |
| TINPAN | ____ Alley, nickname for a music publishing district centred on West 28th Street in New York in the early 20th century (3,3) |
| ORGAN | The heart, for instance, of a music maker (5) |
| ASTINGINTHETAIL | Unwelcome outcome of sharp practice among later batsmen? (1,5,2,3,4) |
| ADJACENT | How one might describe neighbour, a music-maker with a small amount of money (8) |
