| DEFALLA | Manuel - -; depicted on a former currency note of Spain, a composer whose ballet The Three-Cornered Hat featured a stage curtain and costumes designed by Pablo Picasso (2,5) |
| EXPOUND | Lay down the law on a former currency unit (7) |
| ERIKSATIE | Composer whose ballet "Parade" features a typewriter as percussion |
| SATIE | Erik, French composer whose ballets include Parade (5) |
| ASHTON | Frederick, British dancer and choreographer whose ballets include Facade (6) |
| FALLA | Composer of the opera La Vida Breve and the ballet The Three-Cornered Hat (5) |
| MANUEL | and 21ac, Spanish composer of 1919 ballet The Three-Cornered Hat (6,2,5) |
| SUCRE | A former currency of Ecuador; the constitutional capital of Bolivia; or, a French word meaning 'sugar' (5) |
| TRIQUETRA | Latin-derived name for the "three-cornered" Celtic, trefoil or trinity knot consisting of a triad of interlaced arcs, thus symbolic of eternity or unity (9) |
| SPUDWOOD | Bordered by the Bridgewater Canal, ___ ___, Lymm, was planted in the 1990s on a former potato field, from which its name derives; the park is now a haven for birdlife (4,4) |
| UR | An ancient city of Sumer located on a former channel of the Euphrates River. |
| OSPREY | Bird of prey that used to be common in Mallorca but is now one of the most endangered species in Spain, a resident bird it can still be seen on the island (6) |
| OFTENER | About a currency note losing a bit of newness more frequently (7) |
| UNICORN | Mythical beast depicted on a series of seven tapestries with millefleurs backgrounds; or, a term for a $1billion tech start-up, so-named because of its rarity (7) |
| ROBIN | Pugnacious little songbird originally depicted on a Christmas notelet to represent any one of the red-coated Victorian postmen of the same name, who delivered said Christmas stationery (5) |
| MANIA | Over in part of Spain, a modern craze (5) |
| ANDALUSIA | Part of Spain - a land spread America shows interest in (9) |
| DONA | Lady of Spain - "a nod" anagram? |
| ARAGON | Region of northeastern Spain, a former kingdom that united with Castile in 1479 to form Spain (6) |
| ALEDRINKER | Is on the beer with gangster from Spain - a patron of wine bar, for one (3,7) |
