| LOCATELLI | Italian composer and violinist who died in 1764 (9) |
| SUK | Josef, Bohemian composer and violinist who was Dvorak's son-in-law (3) |
| GRAPPELLI | Stephane ?, French jazz violinist who died in 1997 (9) |
| MANTOVANI | Annunzio, Venetian conductor and violinist who was famous for his 'singing strings' sound (9) |
| VIVALDI | Which great Italian composer and violinist died in poverty in Vienna in 1741? (7) |
| HERMITAGE | Museum of art and culture in St. Petersburg, founded in 1764 by Catherine the Great (9) |
| TARTINI | Giuseppe, Italian composer and violinist noted for his Devil's Trill Sonata (7) |
| BOWERBIRD | Aussie singer and violinist given spell in jail? (9) |
| MARRINER | (GKN) Neville ___, British conductor and violinist who founded the Academy of St Martin in the Fields in 1956 (8) |
| MENUHIN | Yehudi ?, New York City-born violinist who died in 1999 |
| JACKBENNY | American comedian and violinist born Benjamin Kubelsky in 1894 (4,5) |
| ANGOSTURA | The name, from 1764-1846, of the Venezuelan port Ciudad Bolivar (9) |
| THECASTLE | and 24ac, 1764 novel by Horace Walpole |
| OFOTRANTO | 1764 novel by Horace Walpole (3,6,2,7) |
| ZIMBALIST | Violinist who surrounded an island? |
| STRINGHAM | Violinist who loves the spotlight? |
| GRIEG | Edvard _; Norwegian composer and violinist (5) |
| HARGREAVES | English inventor credited with inventing the spinning jenny in 1764, James ... |
| OTRANTO | The Castle of ____, gothic novel by Horace Walpole published in 1764 (7) |
| SPINNINGJENNY | Labour-saving device invented by James Hargreaves in 1764 (8,5) |
