| GRIFF | Good piece of music by Mel's partner in Alas Smith & Jones (5) |
| MEL | Forename of late comic who starred in Alas Smith & Jones (3) |
| ENSUE | Follow two directions taken by Mel's partner (5) |
| FINETUNED | Made small adjustments to very good piece of music on day one (4-5) |
| FINETUNE | Make precise improvements to very good piece of music (4-4) |
| BONGO | Singer acquired good piece of drum kit (5) |
| GRUMP | Good piece of meat for pet? (5) |
| ATLAS | Initially Texas is in, alas, a book of maps (5) |
| LASER | It produces intense light beam - in, alas, error (5) |
| ARENA | ***** rock, genre of music by bands that can fill a sports stadium (5) |
| GUISE | Alias Smith and Jones broadcast? (5) |
| ALIAS | Also known as Smith and Jones. (5) |
| ELIAS | Old ABC Western starring Pete Duel: "___ Smith and Jones" |
| WEDDINGMARCH | 1842 piece of music by Felix Mendelssohn popularised by Victoria, The Princess Royal in 1858 (7,5) |
| MAY | "5 ___" (popular piece of music by Bach) (3,6,5) |
| SABREDANCE | Popular piece of music by Aram Khachaturian from ballet Gayaneh (5,5) |
| NUMBED | Had no feeling for most of the piece of music by director (6) |
| REQUIEMMASS | Piece of music by both Mozart and Verdi (7,4) |
| METRONOME | Mechanical device which indicates the exact tempo of a piece of music by producing a clicking sound (9) |
| TUNE | A piece of music by top tubas finishes fine |
