| TAVENER | Modern composer, John (not the 16th century one) (7) |
| AUCKLAND | Port that's superior consumed by King John - not the first |
| ALCHEMIST | Swiss physician 'Paracelsus' was a famous 16th-century one (9) |
| SAGITTA | From the Latin meaning "arrow" and listed by Ptolemy in the 2nd century, one of the constellations i |
| KNUSSEN | Start of Puccini aria beginning to keep up modern composer (7) |
| CAPTION | Player getting century - one brought in for a few words? |
| HUNDRED | A century: one - years |
| COTTAGE | Composer John acquires extraordinary small residence (7) |
| RITUALS | Opera in five parts by American avant-garde composer John Zorn premiered at the Bayreuth Opera Festival in 1988 |
| CAMERON | Kes composer John ------- (7) |
| FREDEBB | U.S. lyricist who partnered composer John Kander (4,3) |
| THELASTSUPPER | Painting created at the end of the 15th Century, one of the world's most recognisable artworks (3,4,6) |
| ELTON | John's not backing the Spanish head (5) |
| TIMMINCHIN | I'm getting roughly 25-metre metal casing for modern composer (3,7) |
| LIGETI | Line I understand, provided by one modern composer |
| OLAF | King John not against cracking on |
| OIL | Grease's Newton-John, not through with work (3) |
| TONIC | Opener for county going after century, one that's refreshing |
| CREDIT | Believe, after a century, one can get tired! |
| SKULL | What did modern composer-pianist Andre Tchaikowsky (1935-1982) bequeath to the Royal Shakespeare Company for use on stage? (3,5) |
