| DVORAK | Antonin ___, Czech composer best known for his Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, From the New World (6) |
| ANTONINDVORAK | Czech composer of works including 1893's Symphony No. 9 in E Minor (From the New World) (7,6) |
| GUSTAVMAHLER | Composer born in 1860 noted for his Symphony No 2, known as the 'Resurrection Symphony' (6,6) |
| CESARFRANCK | Liege-born composer best known for his Symphony in D minor |
| SMETANA | Bedrich ---, Czech composer best known for the opera The Bartered Bride (7) |
| CHORAL | The -; name by which Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 is commonly known (6) |
| EROICA | Originally titled Bonaparte and dedicated to Napoleon, Beethoven then amended the name of his Symphony No 3 to what, meaning "heroic"? (6) |
| KINSKY | Antonin ___, Czech goalkeeper who joined Tottenham Hotspur in 2025 (6) |
| MAHLER | Gustav ___, composer noted for works including his 'Symphony Of A Thousand' (6) |
| MOZART | His "Symphony No. 1" was written at age eight |
| THENEWWORLD | Subtitle of Antonin Dvorak's Symphony No 9 in E minor of 1893 (3,3,5) |
| FROM | & 7D Subtitle of Antonin Dvorak's Symphony No 9 in E minor of 1893 (4,3,3,5) |
| FROMTHENEWWORLD | Subtitle of Antonin Dvorak's Symphony No 9 in E minor of 1893 |
| INSIDE | Popular team at No. 9 in BBC black-comedy series (6) |
| ARTAUD | French dramatist Antonin ___ |
| ODETOJOY | Friedrich Schiller poem used in the final movement of Symphony No 9 in D minor by Ludwig van Beethov |
| AFROAMERICAN | Ground-breaking 1930 composition by William Grant Still, also known as his Symphony No. 1 (4-8) |
| PROCYON | Brightest star in the constellation Canis Minor; from Greek, 'before the dog' (7) |
| DEVILWOMAN | Song recorded by Cliff Richard that reached No. 9 in the UK charts in 1976 (5,5) |
| LETTHEMUSICPLAY | Song by Barry White that reached No. 9 in the UK charts in 1976 (3,3,5,4) |