| FRENESI | Musical piece originally composed by Alberto Dominguez for the marimba that gave Artie Shaw a Billboard number one in 1940 |
| BOLERO | 1928 Ravel musical piece, originally composed as a ballet (6) |
| HANDINGLOVE | 1983 single by The Smiths covered by Sandie Shaw a year later |
| PARTCH | Harry, American composer and inventor of instruments such as the 'marimba eroica' (6) |
| AGOSTINO | 1941 novel by Alberto Moravia that was banned by the Italian Fascist regime |
| GENOA | 2024-25 Serie A club coached by Alberto Gilardino since 2022 (5) |
| ROOKS | Corvids known collectively as a parliament; or, chess pieces, originally representing elephantine war carriages known as "castles" (5) |
| ESTE | Noble Italian family founded by Alberto Azzo II (4) |
| CHEECH | Part of cliche echoed by Joe Dominguez in Nash Bridges, as played by Mr Marin (6) |
| MALLET | Implement for playing a percussion instrument such as a marimba, glockenspiel or xylophone; or, a longhandled stick for croquet or polo (6) |
| ZOUAVE | Soldier in a body of French infantry originally composed of Algerians (6) |
| DOGS | Pink Floyd song that was originally composed as You've Got to Be Crazy and is around 17 minutes long |
| CLARINETIST | Artie Shaw, for one |
| MILLSBROTHERS | Classic jazz vocal group originally composed of four siblings, with "The" |
| CLARA | Schumann originally composed like a romantic artist (5) |
| EAU | Originally composed of lavender, bergamot and neroli, today we describe any light perfume as ... de |
| AVA | Gardner who was married to Mickey Rooney, Artie Shaw and Frank Sinatra |
| AVAGARDNER | American film actress who was married to Mickey Rooney, Artie Shaw and Frank Sinatra |
| GARDNER | US actress. wife of Mickey Rooney, Artie Shaw and Frank Sinatra, d. London, 1990 (7) |
| MARIN | Cheech ?, comedian-actor associated with Tommy Chong who played Insp Joe Dominguez in US cop series Nash Bridges (5) |
