| VIRGINALS | Harpsichord-like Baroque instrument, often referred to in the plural (9) |
| DATUM | Piece of information more often referred to in the plural (5) |
| ENTRAIL | Internal organ, usually referred to in the plural |
| ORNATE | Like baroque furniture |
| WMD | Significant killers often referred to in the 2000s (3) |
| WALL | Part in A Midsummer Night's Dream, the fourth often referred to in theatre? |
| LADYPERCY | In 2.3, Northumberland's son tells his wife that he is leaving her to fight the King. How is she referred to in the play? |
| AFORESAID | Referred to in the past |
| KINGTIDES | In the plural, what is one of the names for the large rise tide at, or soon after, the new moon? (4,5) |
| EXITOMNIS | Each one leaves the stage (more usual in the plural) |
| NINGNONGS | In the plural, what British colloquial phrase for a foolish person is found in a Goons' song by Spike Milligan? (4,5) |
| EUPHONIUM | 17 instrument, often equipped with a compensating valve system developed by David Blaikley in 1847 |
| NONPAREIL | Iron plane? There are quiet a few when in the plural! (3-6) |
| TILTMETER | Instrument often used to level pinball machines |
| CASTANETS | Instrument often played by flamenco dancers (9) |
| PIPEORGAN | Instrument often built into cathedrals |
| HARMONICA | One-man band instrument, often |
| RAVIOLI | Artist attached to baroque instrument close to his heart is popular in Italian restaurant (7) |
| CIRCE | Mythical sorceress whose name is referred to in the Latin epithet of enchanter's nightshade, for it was thought by botanists to be used by the aforesaid spellbinder to bewitch Odysseus's companions (5 |
| SPINET | Harpsichord-like instrument; in pets (anag.) (6) |