| VIOL | One of a family of stringed instruments |
| STRADIVARIUS | A violin manufactured by a famous Italian family of stringed instrument makers during the 17th and 18th centuries (12) |
| ORCHID | One of a family of monocotyledons with a large, specialised labellum serving as a platform for insects (6) |
| SCORPIONFISH | One of a family of bottom-dwelling marine fish of the Indo-Pacific noted for their venomous spines ( |
| OCHRE | A clay and one of a family of earthy pigments with sienna and umber; or, the brownish-yellow or ruddle-red colour thus produced (5) |
| MOOMIN | One of a family of characters in books and a comic strip by writer-illustrator Tove Jansson (6) |
| BISHOP | Episcopal "overseer"; one of a family of warm spiced punches, mulled wines or so-called "Ecclesiastics" popular with the Victorians; or, a colour-bound chessman (6) |
| DAVIDDIMBLEBY | One of a family of English broadcasters (5,8) |
| RAIL | One of a family of ground-living birds, including the crakes, coots, etc (4) |
| MIRAGE | One of a family of combat aircraft produced in France since the 1950s (6) |
| BLUEGRASS | Form of American roots music which typically features a range of stringed instruments including the |
| LIAR | Sound of stringed instrument, one telling a story (4) |
| PLECTRUM | The pick of stringed instruments! (8) |
| PEGS | Features of stringed instruments |
| ROSIN | What substance is applied to the bows of stringed instruments? (5) |
| LUTHIER | Crafts person of stringed instruments |
| HARPS | Pair of stringed instruments in "The Nutcracker" |
| TAILPIECES | Components at the base of stringed instruments (10) |
| FENDER | American manufacturer of stringed instruments and amplifiers, founded 1946 (6) |
| ELECTRICGUITAR | Let critic argue excitedly for one type of stringed instrument (8,6) |
