| YEHUDI | Lord - Menuhin, British violinist who was born in the USA (6) |
| VANESSAMAE | British violinist who represented 11D at the 2014 Winter Olympics |
| CRUSOE | Fictional hero whose first words are "I was born in the Year 1632, in the City of York..." |
| ENESCO | Composer/violinist who taught Menuhin |
| ITZHAK | Tel Aviv-born violinist who made his Carnegie Hall debut in 1963 (6,7) |
| MUTTER | German violinist who married Andre Previn in 2002 (4-6,6) |
| VIOLIN | Musical instrument played by Yehudi Menuhin (6) |
| ADOLPH | Busch who taught Yehudi Menuhin |
| HOPEVALLEY | Quaint setting of "When Calls the Heart", the 2014-debuting Hallmark drama inspired by the books of Canadian author Janette Oke who was born in the village of Champion in southern Alberta: 2 wds. |
| ITZHAKPERLMAN | Tel Aviv-born violinist who was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2015: 2 wds. |
| MIDORI | Violinist who made her New York Philharmonic debut at age 11 |
| HAITINK | Violinist who was the principal conductor of the London Philharmonic Orchestra 1967-79 and musical director of Glyndebourne 1978-88 (7) |
| OISTRAKH | David ___, violinist who was the dedicatee of numerous violin works, including both of Shostakovich's violin concertos and the violin concerto by Khachaturian |
| ISAACSTERN | Violinist who was instrumental in saving Carnegie Hall from demolition |
| SUK | Josef, Bohemian composer and violinist who was Dvorak's son-in-law (3) |
| VIGOUR | Vitality shown by first and second violinists who travel to old city |
| ALLIGATOR | Born in the US, moved to Berlin, admired by Hitler, bombed by the Allies, rescued by the British, moved to Moscow, died there in 2020, aged 84. What animal was Saturn? (9) |
| MANTOVANI | Annunzio, Venetian conductor and violinist who was famous for his 'singing strings' sound (9) |
| NIGELKENNEDY | British violinist born in 1956 who made his London debut in 1977 (5,7) |
| ROBINSONCRUSOE | "I was born in the year 1632, in the city of York, of a good family ..." |
