| WEIR | Composer of King Harold's Saga and Armida who is the current Master of the Queen's Music; a low dam across a river; or, a kiddle (4) |
| DAVIES | Former Master of the Queen's Music whose music-theatre monodrama, Eight Songs for a Mad King, is based on words and observations of George III (6) |
| BLISS | Composer of A Colour Symphony taught by Ralph Vaughan Williams and Gustav Holst who was Master of the Queen's Music from 1953-75 (5) |
| PETER | English composer and conductor appointed Master of the Queen's Music in 2004 (5,7,6) |
| MAXWELLDAVIES | English composer and conductor appointed Master of the Queen's Music in 2004 (5,7,6) |
| PETERMAXWELL | British composer who was Master of the Queen's Music from 2004-14 (5,7,6) |
| CRESSWELL | Surname, combining words for a mustardy-tasting cruciferous salad plant and a mineral spring, of the children's author who wrote the Bagthorpe Saga and Lizzie Dripping (9) |
| SALIERI | Antonio ___ (1750-1825), Italian composer of works including the operas Armida (1771) and Tarare (1787) (7) |
| FARAH | Who is the current world and Olympic champion in the 5,000m and 10,000m? (5) |
| AUBERON | Author of the novels The Foxglove Saga and Path Of Dalliance (7,5) |
| WAUGH | Author of the novels The Foxglove Saga and Path Of Dalliance (5) |
| REASER | Elizabeth who starred in The Twilight Saga and The Haunting of Hill House (6) |
| SCOTLAND | Patricia ---, Baroness who is the current Secretary-General of the Commonwealth of Nations (8) |
| FLEMING | Former CSK and NZ batsman who is the current coach of the CSK |
| SEANASTIN | "Stranger Things" actor who is the current president of the SAG-AFTRA trade union: 2 wds. |
| GALSWORTHY | John _, English novelist and playwright who wrote The Forsyte Saga and its sequels (10) |
| HAYDN | Franz Joseph ___, Austrian composer whose works include the operas Armida and Le Pescatrici (5) |
| AIR | Who is the current bowling coach of the England men's cricket team? (3) |
| ELIUDKIPCHOGE | Kenyan long-distance runner who is the current world record holder for the marathon (5,8) |
| LUKE | British darts player who is the current World No. 1 and World Champion, _ Humphries (4) |
