| SWANSONG | A writer or musician's last work or performance (8) |
| MFA | Advanced deg. for a writer or musician |
| ROYALTY | Fee paid to writer or musician (7) |
| MASTERPIECE | Outstanding work or performance (11) |
| PREMIERE | A first showing or performance of a film or play (8) |
| QUINTETS | Groups of five singers or musicians (8) |
| VIRTUOSI | Artists or musicians of the highest calibre (8) |
| CATCALLS | Shrill whistles or cries showing disapproval at a public meeting or performance (8) |
| AMENABLE | One having the last work can be won over (8) |
| AUDITION | Interview including a trial performance for a role as an actor, singer, dancer or musician (8) |
| OFFNIGHT | Subpar performance for a team or musician, say |
| MINSTREL | A medieval singer or musician who performed for the nobility (8) |
| FACILITY | Ease of action or performance (8) |
| RELIABLE | Consistently good in quality or performance (8) |
| FESTIVAL | Five last works for religious celebration |
| MICSTAND | What a speaker or musician may adjust before starting |
| CLASSACT | Someone regarded as outstanding in quality or performance (5,3) |
| WHISTLER | Painter - or musician? (8) |
| PENNER | Word for a writer or composer; a case for carrying their nibs, quills or stylographs; or, one who corrals, herds or shepherds cattle, pigs, sheep or other livestock into folds, stalls or sties (6) |
| DEBUT | An actor or musician's first public appearance or performance; or, the presentation of an upper-class young woman into fashionable society (5) |
