| COLLECTIVE | Banging air, evict cello playing in the wage round (10,10) |
| BARGAINING | Banging air, evict cello playing in the wage round (10,10) |
| LOCALE | A cello playing in the vicinity |
| PAYSLIP | An error in the wage packet? (3,4) |
| AEON | Every second wage round takes a long time (4) |
| INAPADDY | Angry theologian during one wage round (2,1,5) |
| ESAU | Jacob supplanted him in the wages audit |
| PARODY | It sends up a revolver in the wages (6) |
| PAINLESSLY | One's given wages round in smaller amount and left with no hurt feelings (10) |
| DEADWEIGHT | Did the wage adjust for the heavy load? (4,6) |
| EXCEL | ... do very well in former convex cello playing |
| FREEZE | Make no move to stop the wage increases (6) |
| ALTOCLEF | Piece of musical notation gets a cello playing loudly, keeping time (4,4) |
| RELIEF | Wonder if mere cello playing makes a nice change (1,7,6) |
| AWELCOME | Wonder if mere cello playing makes a nice change (1,7,6) |
| OSCILLATE | It's a cello playing swing (9) |
| ALTO | Fat cello playing? This is for viola! (4,4) |
| CLEF | Fat cello playing? This is for viola! (4,4) |
| COLLEAGUE | Partner shows fever after cello playing |
| COLLIE | Cello-playing involves one dog (6) |
