| OSSIA | Oasis reforming for musicians, or... (5) |
| GIGS | Jobs for musicians or freelancers |
| TEMPO | Speed for musician or bad poet covering miles (5) |
| GROUP | General word for an art collective; a band of pop or rock musicians; or, a small number of galaxies (5) |
| OCTET | Group of eight musicians or a musical composition for eight voices or instruments (5) |
| GROVE | First director of the Royal College of Music who founded the Dictionary of Music and Musicians; or, a woodland/orchard of lemon, orange or olive trees (5) |
| TACET | Meaning "it is silent", a word by which a musician or singer understands their instrument or voice must be quiet (5) |
| DYLAN | Bob (musician) or Thomas (poet) (5) |
| LUTER | One musician or another, initially less loud |
| VIRTUOSO | From Italian for "learned, skilful", a musician or artist of consummate technical ability; a connoisseur or dilettante of antiquities, art or curios; or, a dazzling master, prodigy, supremo or whizz i |
| ORCHESTRAS | Word for large ensembles of musicians or instrumentalists; or, by extension, collective "symphonies" of chirping crickets or piping avocets (10) |
| JAM | A fruit preserve of damsons, goosegogs, strawberries or other seasonal gluts; an improvised session by blues, jazz or rock musicians; or, an awkward predicament (3) |
| BAND | Gold wedding ring; flock of jays; group of pop, rock or jazz musicians; or, a stripe of contrasting colour (4) |
| DECTET | A group of 10 musicians; or, a composition for such an ensemble (6) |
| ROADSHOW | A touring group of pop musicians or other entertainers; or, each of a series of radio/television programmes broadcast from place to place (8) |
| TRIO | Group of musicians - or it could be |
| ENSEMBLE | Group of musicians or a co-ordinated outfit (8) |
| OCTETTE | A group of eight musicians or singers (7) |
| MAESTRI | Great musicians or conductors (7) |
| ORCHESTRA | Group of musicians or various members of "The Cars" (9) |
