| BLITHE | Beethoven's first, graceful and gay (6) |
| DAIRYCATTLE | Deer's first graceful animal to get let out with farm animals |
| SUBORN | Bribe to make one bonny and blithe, and good and gay (6) |
| SUNDAY | According to the rhyme, the child born on this day is bonny and blithe, and good and gay |
| TRAVIS | Villain is after a vibe, primarily, with Beethoven's first in slow movement (6,6) |
| LUDWIG | Beethoven's first name (6) |
| OBOIST | Wind player loves catching intro of Beethoven's First (6) |
| TAAFFE | Pat ___, jockey; Grand National winner on Quare Times in 1955 and Gay Trip in 1970 (6) |
| HOLLER | "___ If You Hear Me: Black and Gay in the Church" (BET documentary) |
| SVELTE | Attractively slender, graceful and stylish (6) |
| BICKLE | see 24ac, Villain is after a vibe, primarily, with Beethoven's first in slow movement |
| SLINKY | Graceful and sinuous |
| SUPPLE | Graceful and flexible |
| POISED | Having a graceful and elegant bearing |
| SUNDAYS | The child that, in the poem, is 'bonny and bright and good and gay' (6'1) |
| IPRAY | "Young and gay or old and grey; Near to me or afar; Night and day ...; That you'll always; Stay as s |
| SEEMS | "When Irish hearts are happy; All the world ... bright and gay; And when Irish eyes are smiling; Sur |
| PATTAAFFE | Grand National winner on Quare Times in 1955 and Gay Trip in 1970 (3,6) |
| THEGIRLS | TV show based on "Our Hearts Were Young and Gay" |
| LIGHTSOME | How to make lanterns bright and gay (9) |
