| SONGSMITH | A type of lyrical artisan who musically "forges" ballads, melodies, pop standards, shanties, tunes or other compositions specifically for voice (9) |
| ODE | A type of lyrical poem |
| POTTER | Author of Gamesmanship and OneUpmanship; or, an artisan who crafts ceramics out of hand-thrown clay (6) |
| RODSTEWART | Singer with four recent best-selling albums of pop standards |
| SMOKEYJOESCAFE | Broadway revue featuring pop standards that won a 1997 Grammy |
| STARDUST | Willie Nelson album of pop standards |
| TASTE | "A ___ of Honey" (pop standard covered by the Beatles) |
| CALM | Composed a selection of lyrical melodies (4) |
| SIXTYSIX | Route on which to "get your kicks," in a pop standard |
| LORINER | Artisan who crafts stirrups, spurs and metal parts of bridles including bits (7) |
| BOWYER | An artisan who makes an instrument used by a toxophilite (6) |
| SELLER | Artisan who makes the items traditionally stored in a canteen (6) |
| BLACKSMITH | An artisan who works iron with a furnace, anvil and hammer (10) |
| OLIVERGOLDSMITH | A musical artisan who made up non-musical pieces (6,9) |
| RUMBELOW | A meaningless or nonsense word containing the name of sailors' traditional grog and used in the refrain of some old sea shanties (8) |
| EASY | ___ listening (radio format that includes soft jazz and pop standards) |
| CELLO | Head of organisation grips edges of lyrical stringed instrument (5) |
| COLERIDGE | Samuel Taylor ___, co-author of Lyrical Ballads (9) |
| THATCHER | Artisan who makes roofs from long straw, wheat straw or water reed; or, the prime minister to be portrayed by Gillian Anderson in series four of The Crown (8) |
| VIOLINMAKER | Artisan who may repair a Stradivarius |
