| STRAUSS | Composer nicknamed the 'Waltz King' |
| JOHANNSTRAUSS | Composer nicknamed the 'Waltz King' (6,7) |
| VIVALDI | Antonio, Italian violinist and composer nicknamed "The Red Priest" (7) |
| LUTYENS | Composer nicknamed "12-Note Lizzie" who infamously coined the term "cowpat music" to describe the English pastoral school of Bax, Holst, Ireland, Vaughan Williams et al (7) |
| DISSTRAUSS | Talk smack about 'The Waltz King'? |
| JOHANN | The Waltz King, ... Strauss |
| VIENNA | Birthplace of 'The Waltz King' (6) |
| FLOWERS | Tchaikovsky's piece from The Nutcracker Suite, the Waltz Of The ... |
| LEHMANN | Bloomsbury novelist whose books include Dusty Answer, Invitation to the Waltz and The Echoing Grove (7) |
| MATILDA | Queen of the Waltz? (7) |
| SOUSA | United States Marine Band leader/composer nicknamed 'The March King', John Philip ___ (b.1854 d.1932 |
| ASKANCE | Obliquely request to take over from one leading the waltz? (7) |
| LANDLER | Folk dance in 3/4 time of Austria and Bavaria; a precursor of the waltz (7) |
| PAGANINI | Niccolo, Italian violinist and composer nicknamed The Devil's Violinist (8) |
| MELTORME | Big band singer and composer nicknamed The Velvet Fog who died in 1999 (3,5) |
| DANCING | The waltz and foxtrot are two popular forms of this pastime |
| HAYDN | Classical composer nicknamed 'Papa' |
| THENUTCRACKER | Tchaikovsky's ballet that includes The Waltz Of The Flowers and The Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy (3 |
| RIEU | Dutch violinist, aka King of the Waltz (5,4) |
| ANDRE | Dutch violinist, aka King of the Waltz (5,4) |
