| ALLARGANDO | As a musical instruction, becoming slower, and often louder too |
| CALANDO | As a musical instruction, gradually slowing and becoming quieter |
| DACAPO | As a musical instruction, to be repeated from the start |
| RALLENTANDO | As a musical direction, "becoming slower" |
| LOSES | Watch as it gets slower and slower, so isn't a winner (5) |
| GRINDTOAHALT | Move slower and slower and come to a standstill (5,2,1,4) |
| PERDENDO | Pondered about getting slower and quieter for Queen? |
| SMORSATO | Growing slower and softer musically (8) |
| RIT | Becoming slower, musically: Abbr. |
| LENTANDO | *Becoming slower, in music |
| BULLROARER | A thin wooden slat on a cord, used as a musical instrument and signalling device |
| SYMBOL | An emblem or ideogram, such as a musical note, pictorial icon on a map key/legend or a letter representing a chemical element (6) |
| MATILDA | A 1988 book by Roald Dahl about a telekinetic child, later adapted as a musical (7) |
| RANGE | A selection from which to choose; or, the full compass, gamut or scope of something, such as a musical instrument or a person's abilities, knowledge, vision or voice (5) |
| THECARTERS | Beyonce and Jay Z as a musical duo (3,7) |
| JUG | Moonshine container used as a musical instrument in a washboard band |
| AQUACADE | Air-conditioned housing as unreservedly packed as a musical performance that goes swimmingly? (8) |
| PARTITA | Give it a role first as a musical suite (7) |
| CYMBAL | A flat, circular brass object that is used as a musical instrument (6) |
| ANDANTE | As well as a musical note (7) |
