| ORPHEUS | Legendary musician's old Rush EP is warped (7) |
| BANDAGED | Musicians, old and evidently injured (8) |
| OBOIST | Musician, old, is introduced to computer program |
| SLEEPING | Remastered single, bundled with EP, is not very active (8) |
| NOME | Former old rush town in laska; finishing point of the lditarod trail sled dog race (4) |
| FORTYNINERS | Old rush participants ... or a three-part hint to what can be found in this puzzle's grid or clues |
| TWISTED | Cheated one - is warped (7) |
| STEVENS | Legendary musician who has released Tea For Tilerman (5,3,7) |
| ORPHEAN | Child left outside back of house of legendary musician |
| APHORISM | Saying harp is warped around old mop head (8) |
| RUMOURHASIT | They say Rita's humour is warped |
| INSYNC | "Life is warped. I'm just ____" (Margaret Atwood, in MaddAddam) |
| DISTORTION | Process of being twisted out of shape; that which is warped; a change of waveform as a fuzzy effect in music; or, misrepresentation of the truth (10) |
| AQUEOUS | Watery warped U.S. sequoia is taken away (7) |
| ASEPTIC | Warped space? It is medically uncontaminated (7) |
| YUSUF | Legendary musician who has released Tea For Tilerman (5,3,7) |
| CAT | Legendary musician who has released Tea For Tilerman (5,3,7) |
| CALLOUS | Emotionally hardened state with warped soul (7) |
| CROOKED | Warped, like the criminal mind (7) |
| SENATOR | Warped reason to include time for a US politician (7) |
