| LOCALE | A cello playing in the vicinity |
| COLLECTIVE | Banging air, evict cello playing in the wage round (10,10) |
| BARGAINING | Banging air, evict cello playing in the wage round (10,10) |
| OSCILLATE | It's a cello playing swing (9) |
| ALTOCLEF | Piece of musical notation gets a cello playing loudly, keeping time (4,4) |
| EXCEL | ... do very well in former convex cello playing |
| RELIEF | Wonder if mere cello playing makes a nice change (1,7,6) |
| AWELCOME | Wonder if mere cello playing makes a nice change (1,7,6) |
| ALTO | Fat cello playing? This is for viola! (4,4) |
| CLEF | Fat cello playing? This is for viola! (4,4) |
| COLLEAGUE | Partner shows fever after cello playing |
| COLLIE | Cello-playing involves one dog |
| COLLAGE | Art of cello playing enthrals top lawyer |
| WELLCHOSEN | Carefully assembled when cello's playing (4-6) |
| WILLS | Playing in the first half of the twentieth century, she is still considered to be one of the greatest all-time tennis stars of the US and the world; Helen ... Moody |
| STRING | Word originally for a rope/strand of any thickness, later a thin length of twine; the cord of an archery bow; or, a stretched piece of catgut or wire for a cello, guitar, piano or violin (6) |
| SWAN | It's depicted by a cello melody in "The Carnival of the Animals" |
| FROG | Adult tadpole; device for holding cut flowers in a floral arrangement; braided fastening or pankou knot; or, the nut of a cello or violin bow (4) |
| EDUCATION | Cautioned playing in the classy practice for those in the academy (9) |
| ANDI | ___ Sullivan (midfielder on the US Women's National Team, currently playing in the FIFA Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand) |
