| SCHOENBERG | Composer - one shaped by school pupil of his |
| NOSECONE | Part of rocket, one shaped to receive most of support |
| ICONIC | Impressive one shaped like an ice cream (6) |
| SCAR | Harry Potter has one shaped like a lightning bolt |
| LISZT | Composer, one of the most prominent representatives of the New German School (5) |
| BRIXTON | Composer, one from GB, by the sound of it (7) |
| BRITTEN | Composer, one from GB, by the sound of it (7) |
| PACEMAKER | By leave of the composer, one corrects the beat |
| ERIKSATIE | Composer's one piece of work covered by Ireland retrospective (4,5) |
| EARS | African elephants have ones shaped like Africa |
| NEWTON | Isaac, English physicist whose theory of gravity was shaped by an apple falling on his head (6) |
| BENTWOOD | Timber shaped by wetting and bending; a chair made of this (8) |
| ROUND | Collection of holes shaped by drill |
| PREPPY | Characteristic of a type of US school pupil |
| EYEGLASS | I listened to composer - one that may alter one's view |
| BORODIN | Russian composer - one of The Five, d.1887 (7) |
| CUI | Russian composer, one of The Five (3) |
| HONEGGER | French composer, one of Les Six, who wrote Pacific 231 (8) |
| OLDWIVESTALE | Head off common ailment with view shaped by outdated example of folk wisdom (3,5,4) |
| ANVIL | Heavy block of iron on which hot metals are shaped by hammering. (5) |
