| CHURCHBELLS | Chimes that beckon parishioners on Sunday morning ... or the title of a song on Carrie Underwood's latest album: 2 wds. |
| MEXICO | Country just south of the US ... or the title of a song on Carrie Underwood's latest album |
| CHASER | Drink that follows a hard-liquor shot ... or the title of a song on Carrie Underwood's latest album |
| AMBIT | A piece of the morning or the scope of its availability? |
| RINGERS | Chimes that are almost identical (7) |
| ARABY | "The Sheik of --", a song on the Beatles 'Anthology 1' album (5) |
| STORYTELLER | Someone who narrates a fairy tale ... or the title of Carrie Underwood's latest album |
| BLACKBIRD | An ouzel or merle esteemed for its mellow song; or, the title of a 1968 song by the "Fab Four" (9) |
| MAUD | Traditional grey plaid of a Scottish shepherd; or, the title poem of a collection by Alfred Tennyson that also includes The Charge of the Light Brigade (4) |
| HEADING | Something leading, topping or uppermost, such as the top of a curtain or the title/rubric at the top of a page; or, bearing/direction (7) |
| EDELWEISS | Alpine flower that is also the title of a song in the film musical The Sound of Music (9) |
| BARCELONA | Capital of Catalonia; the fictional birthplace of Fawlty Towers character Manuel; or, the title of a single by Freddie Mercury and Montserrat Caballe (9) |
| SENSE | Common -; concept/capacity of "koine aisthesis" discussed by Aristotle in his treatise De Anima (On the Soul) ; or, the title of a pamphlet by Thomas Paine (5) |
| LASTPOST | A ceremonial bugle call traditionally sounded on Remembrance Day; or, the title of a poem by Carol Ann Duffy (4,4) |
| MONKEY | Tailed primate such as a mandrill; or, the title of Arthur Waley's translation of Journey to the West (6) |
| DIXIE | Informal name for the Southern states of the US, from the title of a song written by Daniel Decatur Emmett in 1859 (5) |
| GARYINDIANA | Midwestern city that's the title of a song in "The Music Man" |
| ROYALJELLY | This queen bee food or the title of Roald Dahl's creepy tale about the consquences of eating it (5,5 |
| ROCKLOBSTER | Spiny crustacean or the title of a B-52's song: 2 wds. |
| WHITERABBIT | Bunny from Wonderland or the title of a Jefferson Airplane song: 2 wds. |
