| CELESTAS | Keyboard instruments developed in 1885 (8) |
| HARMONIUM | Keyboard instrument developed in the 1840s by the French inventor Alexandre Debain (9) |
| CLARINETS | Single-reed instruments developed in the 17th century by adding two keys to the chalumeau, first used in a concerto by Mozart (9) |
| VIOL | Bowed stringed instrument developed in the Renaissance, for which musicians including Byrd, Dowland and Purcell have composed works for consort or chest (4) |
| UILLEAN | --- pipes are a musical instrument developed in Ireland operated by squeezing bellows under the arm (7) |
| CLAVIERS | Hint of "C'estlavie" before senior returns keyboard instruments (8) |
| TROMBONE | Which brass musical instrument developed from the sackbut? (8) |
| OHMMETER | Electrical instrument developed by mother and me (8) |
| CELESTES | Keyboard instruments |
| STANFORD | Private co-educational university founded in northern California in 1885, closely involved with the creation of Silicon Valley (8) |
| CONGRESS | Indian political party founded in 1885 (8) |
| GOTTLIEB | German inventor who, in 1885, built one of the earliest roadworthy motor cars (8,7) |
| DELAUNAY | Sonia ******** , French artist born in 1885 who co-founded the Orphism art movement (8) |
| BOTSWANA | Landlocked country of southern Africa established as the British protectorate of Bechuanaland in 1885 (8) |
| HUGOBOSS | German fashion designer born in 1885 (4,4) |
| TOURETTE | Georges Gilles de la ____ described the symptoms of a "maladie des tics" in 1885 |
| ALUMINUM | Stuff used to make the 2.85 kg pyramidal cap of the Washington Monument, dedicated in 1885 |
| HARPSICHORD | Keyboard instrument in which strings are set in vibration by plucking. It was one of the most important keyboard instruments in European music from the 16th through the first half of the 18th century. |
| PIANI | Keyboard instruments, in Italy |
| ORGANS | Keyboard instruments in some churches |
