| YPSILON | Letter only composed to inspire another (7) |
| OCTET | Chamber work only composed to entertain tourists initially (5) |
| INITIAL | Sign first letter only (7) |
| PETUNIA | Greek character has tune composed to a flower (7) |
| ENGROSS | Songs're composed to hold attention (7) |
| ESSENCE | Nature scene's composed to show east/west of Spain (7) |
| SHELLEY | Poet who composed To a Skylark and Ozymandias |
| PENPAL | Friend with whom one communicates by letter only |
| GAUNTLET | Gloomy letter, only half read, seen as a challenge (8) |
| VOW | Promise in certain letters only half fulfilled |
| LONDON | Capital letters only needed definitely on names/initials (6) |
| ALPHAMALES | Assemble letters only from Pelham's top dogs (5,5) |
| ROALDDAHL | British writer organizing letters only from Harold (5,4) |
| GETSOMEONESGOAT | Note message to go that's composed to irk another? (3,8,4) |
| REGALE | To begin with, Edward Elgar composed to entertain |
| INLALALAND | Letters only from Linda, assuming things are better than they are (2,2-2,4) |
| PERCYGRAINGER | Who composed To a Nordic Princess (1928) for his wife-to-be, Ella Viola Strom, and performed it on their wedding night? (5,8) |
| MUSICSCORE | It may be composed to accompany a movie |
| BRANDENBURGGATE | Type Gutenberg composed to include a German division symbol (11,4) |
| FROLICSOME | Playful film score composed to encapsulate love (10) |
