| KIRIBATI | A country singer performing opera's a bit strange (8) |
| SEAPORT | Performing opera in street haven (7) |
| ABERRANT | A bishop wandering around is a bit strange |
| FANTASIA | Disney classic from Santa, if a bit strange (8) |
| INFORMER | Singer, performing as well as ever, about to make a comeback (8) |
| ENSEMBLE | Collective group of instrumentalists or singers performing together; a person's coordinated outfit; or, the chorus of a ballet company (8) |
| CASTRATO | In 17th and 18th century opera, a male singer with a high voice (8) |
| ERASABLE | Some operas, a blessing that could disappear? |
| MAMBA | It's a bit strange to get a graduate into a ballroom dance (5) |
| ECCENTRIC | Unconventional, a bit strange (9) |
| CUCKOO | Cook who was said to be a bit strange (6) |
| EERIE | Beer I expected to find a bit strange (5) |
| ECCENTRICITIES | They're a bit strange (14) |
| ODD | Understood doctor to be a bit strange (3) |
| OBITUARIST | Writer of late tour is a bit strange (10) |
| IFFY | Second judge dropping off? That's a bit strange |
| ODDISH | Half of food on plate is a bit strange |
| JIFFY | Second judge leaving - that's a bit strange |
| NOTADICKYBIRD | Nothing in dry dock, a bit strange (3,1,5,4) |
| BELINDACARLISLE | Singer performing nicer ballad with Lindisfarne, maybe (7,8) |
