| SHEARING | George, blind jazz musician who composed Lullaby of Birdland (8) |
| GEORGESHEARINGSHEEP | 'Lullaby of Birdland' composer clipping rams? |
| VANGELIS | Late Greek musician who composed the Chariots Of Fire score (8) |
| BROADWAY | Lullaby of -, musical comedy with Doris Day (8) |
| LESBROWN | American jazz musician who led the big band His Band of Renown from 1938 to 2000 (3,5) |
| BIRDLAND | George Shearing's "Lullaby of ___" |
| ARTTATUM | Blind jazz piano virtuoso |
| DVORAK | This windy road, very close to the centre of Crewkerne, leads to where the musician who composed the New World Symphony is buried (6) |
| WHELAN | Bill ___, Irish musician who composed Riverdance for the interval of the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest |
| MIDGE | Ultravox musician who composed Do They Know It's Christmas? with Bob Geldof, ... Ure |
| DIAMOND | Pop musician who composed Sweet Caroline and Solitary Man, Neil ... |
| ARNE | Thomas (1710 -78), musician who composed Rule Britannia (4) |
| YANNI | Musician who composed "Felitsa" for his mother Felitsa Chryssomallis |
| ENO | Musician who composed the opening theme for BBC arts documentary Arena (3) |
| HERMAN | Woody, Milwaukee-born bandleader and jazz musician who died in 1987 (6) |
| BASIE | William, known as Count, US jazz musician who died in 1984 (5) |
| INSIDEMAN | Popular jazz musician who helps criminals (6,3) |
| ELLINGTON | Edward Kennedy 'Duke' ?, US jazz musician who died in 1974 |
| EDDINGTON | Duke, US jazz musician who died in 1974 (9) |
| SUNRA | Jazz musician who was inspired by what he called "Astro-Black mythology" |
