| THEAGE | He composed with a gift to inspire 12 (6,2,3,3) |
| SPIRITOF | He composed with a gift to inspire 12 (6,2,3,3) |
| FREEDOMOFSPEECH | Force-fed poems he composed with a right to say whatever he liked (7,2,6) |
| FISHMONGER | Song he composed with firm bass from this person? (10) |
| ELIJAH | Mendelssohn work he composed with jail-break (6) |
| OPPOSITENUMBER | Work one poet's composed with less feeling, for colleague elsewhere |
| NATURALSCIENCE | Nice clues composed with an art that will show intellectual discipline |
| NETSUKE | Ornament in tunes composed with a sort of energy (7) |
| BASSGUITARS | Strauss composed with a big number of instruments (4,7) |
| PARLANDO | Recitative Arnold composed with a piano |
| RECITATIVE | Just words in song T Rice composed with A Lloyd Webber's musical backing |
| TYPED | Composed with a keyboard |
| DONATION | Perform before a race to get a gift to charity (8) |
| TALENT | Here's a story of a territorian with a gift (6) |
| FRANKINCENSE | Aromatic resin given as a gift to Jesus according to the Gospel of Matthew (12) |
| ENDOW | Bestow, as a gift to a college |
| SUGARDADDY | A sweet old man with a gift for intimacy (5,5) |
| PRESENT | To furnish someone with a gift |
| PRESENTARMS | With a gift, the members make a uniform greeting (7,4) |
| WRAPPER | With hip-hop artist, one with a gift? (7) |
