| RAPSHEET | Non-musical record (though it bears the name of a music genre) |
| OSTINATO | It bears the burden onto it as arranged (8) |
| ALT | Prefix that indicates different than the usual when put before the name of a music genre |
| CLIVE | First name of a music mogul that rhymes with a number |
| MOE | Name that's an anagram of a music genre | One of the Three Musketeers | "Calvin and Hobbes" bully |
| HAMMERPANTS | Baggy garment that bears the name of the rapper who wore them in his music videos (Gwyneth Paltrow) |
| STATE | Only one bears the name of a U.S. president |
| ETIHAD | Manchester City's stadium bears the name of which airline? (6) |
| GARAGE | Part of a house that lends its name to a music genre stereotypically rehearsed in it |
| INSTEP | Isn't dancing to the record, though showing a good sense of rhythm (2,4) |
| PAGE | One side of a leaf of a book, diary, newspaper etc; the printed/written matter it bears; one such sheet as a unit; or, a chapter, episode, event or whatever that may be envisaged as material to fill s |
| ALBEN | Truman veep Barkley whose name sounds like a musical record if you change the last letter to an "m" |
| CENTIGRADESCALE | Standard of measurement that more often bears the name Celsius (Cadillac) |
| AIRPLAY | Broadcasting time devoted to a particular musical record, performer or genre (7) |
| SLAVEPLAY | Non-musical with record number of Tony nominations |
| OLIVERGOLDSMITH | A musical artisan who made up non-musical pieces (6,9) |
| TRAP | A music genre, a hunting term or a golf obstacle |
| PASTONESBEST | Having broken a personal record, though on the decline (4,4,4) |
| KEYSIGNATURE | What is a group of sharps and flats at the beginning of a music score? (3,9) |
| POPS | Top Of The - title of a music show which ran weekly from 1964-2006 (4) |