| THETALESOFHOFFMANN | Peculiar anthem's half-tone off in work by 8 |
| THETALESOF | Peculiar anthem's half-tone off in work by 8 (3,5,2,8) |
| SILASMARNER | Alarm sirens going off in work by George! (5,6) |
| CANNERYROW | Queen going by railway in work by Hughes or work by Steinbeck |
| DEADLINE | Time or date when you must have completed your work by (8) |
| LAVIEPARISIENNE | Pensive aria and line arranged from work by 8 |
| OPACITY | Lack of clarity found by amateur in work by Berlin? (7) |
| OPPOSITE | In work by U.S. author it's different, completely different (8) |
| TOPICS | ... of a half-tone photograph's subjects (6) |
| BLOTTO | Stain with half tone lit up (6) |
| BARTOK | Composer has yap about half tone |
| AFUNNY | Possibly night before attending discussion in work by 28 (1,5,5,8,2,3,3,2,3,5) |
| DROP | Decrease in work by a GP (4) |
| OPHELIA | Tragic figure in work by essayist stealing hearts |
| OPENER | First act in work by Frenchman repelled |
| CORSAIR | French horn's tune in work by Verdi |
| DRACHMA | Old brass check in work by 6 |
| ELIZA | Pupil taught to have aspirations in work, by George! |
| ORPHANS | Spare lines writer finally included in work by German? |
| IVAN | One foremost figure in work by Eisenstein (4) |
