| IXORA | Fiddle, a bloomer (5) |
| STICK | A bow for a fiddle; a conductor's baton; a tall support for a tapering candle; or, a walking-cane (5) |
| AMATI | Craftsman on the fiddle a dull one (5) |
| LOOSE | Free to fiddle a solo, notedly (5) |
| PACES | Takes steps to fiddle a case on the quiet (5) |
| GIGUE | From "dance, fiddle", a lively rustic folk dance of English, Irish and Scottish origin, imported into France in the mid-17th century (5) |
| NOSTRADAMUS | He predicted no fiddle, a figure recalled |
| SENATOR | Politician taking money to fiddle a rota (7) |
| WANGLE | Fiddle a point by degrees? |
| AUTOSTRADA | Valuable asset to fiddle - a way Mafiosi might take? |
| PETAL | A bit of a bloomer in a popular film, a friend held (5) |
| SEPAL | In close up, a poor start is a bit of a bloomer (5) |
| SLICE | Drive on the skew could be a bit of a bloomer (5) |
| DAISY | A bloomer, I'd say, in a way (5) |
| LUPIN | Student in driving seat knowing a lot about to make a bloomer (5) |
| VIOLA | A bloomer with a bigger instrument than the violin (5) |
| ASTER | A bloomer produces a mistake in the rates (5) |
| OXLIP | Beastly impertinence is a bloomer (5) |
| FLOUR | This could make a bloomer, say (5) |
| KNEAD | Make a bloomer, possibly, talking about poverty (5) |
