| TAMOSHANTER | An overture by Malcolm Arnold, his Op. 51 (3,8) |
| HEADSHIP | Rugby position filled by Arnold - his call perhaps with it |
| PRELUDE | Any one of a cycle of 24 piano pieces by Chopin including his Op. 28, No. 15, or "Raindrop" (7) |
| TORELLI | Giuseppe, Verona-born composer known for his Op. 8 of 1708 (7) |
| WILLIAMTELL | Subject of an overture by Rossini (7,4) |
| FINGALSCAVE | Staffa site which inspired an overture by Mendelssohn |
| NORTHAMPTON | Birthplace of the composers Edmund Rubbra, William Alwyn and Malcolm Arnold (11) |
| EGMONT | A play by Goethe or an overture by Beethoven inspired by a count who fought against the Duke of Alba in the Eighty Years' War (6) |
| MENDELSSOHN | Surname of the German composer who wrote an overture about a natural feature of Staffa (11) |
| THEDANCING | Apparently stream opera by Malcolm Arnold (3,7,6) |
| MASTER | Apparently stream opera by Malcolm Arnold (3,7,6) |
| THEOPENWINDOW | Source of moving air in opera by Malcolm Arnold (3,4,6) |
| STOLENFACE | Flying scene aloft in film score by Malcolm Arnold (6,4) |
| ELECTRA | Ballet by Malcolm Arnold? The Spanish react badly (7) |
| TRAPEZE | Catch the sound of relaxation in film score by Malcolm Arnold (7) |
| HEBRIDES | Archipelago celebrated in an 1830 overture by Mendelssohn (8) |
| COOSER | Malcolm Arnold perhaps drops mezzo-piano for Tam O'Shanter's ride? |
| ACTI | It may follow an overture |
| TELL | Archer in an overture title |
| PLEA | An overture from pale characters |
