| FIDDLE | Monkey with instrument (6) |
| DILUTE | Weaken policeman with instrument (6) |
| SPINET | Soviet leader unfortunately inept with instrument (6) |
| NOODLE | Doddery old one to idly play with instrument (6) |
| CAMERA | Arrived at half speed with instrument that exposes (6) |
| THORNS | Spikes "tea" with instruments (6) |
| HARPON | Keep talking annoyingly with instrument at work (4,2) |
| KITTEN | Small foxy type with instruments is half beaten (6) |
| FLIGHTRECORDER | Escape with instrument and black box (6,8) |
| DOUBLEBASS | Fish in pairs with instrument (6,4) |
| TINKERBELL | Fairy to mess about with instrument (6,4) |
| BUNGLE | Make a 13 downer with instrument, holding note (6) |
| TRAVELORGANISER | Tour manager tries stupidly to accommodate composer with instrument (6,9) |
| SHRINKINGVIOLET | One shy man with instrument in temple, tense (9,6) |
| HARPERLEE | Novelist with instrument, fish about to return (6,3) |
| BRIGHTASABUTTON | Alert volunteers with instruments going around in resort (6,2,1,6) |
| ORGANISING | Making arrangements I perform musically with instrument (10) |
| LYRE | Really relaxed with instrument (4) |
| COSTELLO | Singer with instrument entertaining 'undreds of people? (8) |
| HARPOONER | One catches whales with instrument or number inside |
