| MELODY | Elevated benefit in my song? |
| THEME | "Fools are my ____, let satire be my song" (Byron) |
| PSALM | Odd bits forgotten in opus sadly, my song (5) |
| ACOAT | 'I made my song ___' (Yeats) |
| THIS | '___ Is My Song' ('67 hit) |
| THEYVE | "Look What __ Done to My Song, Ma" |
| THEY | New Seekers hit, What Have ... Done To My Song Ma |
| GYMNOSPERM | For instance, pine to rubbish my song and hairstyle (10) |
| MADRIGAL | Grammy laid out without my song (8) |
| THAMES | "Sweet ___, run softly, till I end my song": Spenser |
| WARBECK | Pretender in stream, gaining benefit in fighting at the front (6,7) |
| PERKIN | Pretender in stream, gaining benefit in fighting at the front (6,7) |
| PROPHET | One saw future benefit in proclamation (7) |
| ADOLESCENT | Perhaps minor benefit in a small amount of money? |
| PERKINWARBECK | Pretender finds benefit in fighting gesture (6,7) |
| REAP | Get benefit in secure appointment (4) |
| NAUSEA | Sickness benefit in northern areas |
| TRAVAILED | Did Labour benefit in time being left wing? |
| LIVEAID | *Intercontinental musical benefit in 1985 |
| REDOLENT | Benefit in payment, evocative (8) |
