| SOLFEGE | Music teaching method that assigns two-and-three-letter syllables to notes |
| POTATO | Contents of packet ___ drug and three letters (second in shreds) (6,6) |
| PILEITON | Assign two projects, a long reading and several writing assignments, say |
| DIGRAM | Sequence of two adjacent elements from a string of tokens, which are typically letters, syllables, or words, often used in analysis |
| CATCHINGSOMESUN | Enjoying a summer afternoon ... or what each starred clue's answer has been doing, based on its altered word and three letters above it? |
| TROCHEE | A couple of syllables to cheer when throwing up a drop of red |
| TRALALA | Syllables to skip by |
| SUZUKI | Violinist Shinichi with an eponymous music teaching method |
| SOLFA | Music teaching method (3-2) |
| TWELVE | One, two and three to start with, you and I to half evolve? (6) |
| STACCATO | In music, a term referring to notes which are short, clipped and separate (8) |
| MPAA | Org. that assigns G's and PG's |
| TEN | One and two and three and four |
| POI | Dish that comes in one-, two-, and three-finger consistencies |
| ASININE | Since one is followed by two and three and four, it's very simple (7) |
| USDA | Agency that assigns grades to beef: Abbr. |
| FLATS | Symbol attached to notes that lower their pitches a half step |
| GLADSTONEBAG | Happy to add weight to notes in case (9,3) |
| ALOTONONESPLATE | One, two and three... or this puzzle's title |
| THETOWER | Two and three, possibly 11 penned here (3,5) |
