| EBONIES | Piano keys not played in a 35-Down scale |
| DEADMARCH | Not a lively time, it seems, and it's not played in a lively time (4,5) |
| GLISSANDO | New signals do rapidly go and up down scale (9) |
| ATONAL | Not played in a particular key |
| PAY | With 47 Down, scales for staff |
| OTI | Chris ___, rugby union player who scored a hat-trick for England in a 35-3 Test win over Ireland in |
| REDDOG | Card game, Montana a game of chance rather than skill, not played in casinos (3,3) |
| BRONXKAZOO | Instrument not played in the New York Philharmonic? |
| AWAY | Game not played in your town |
| OBOE | Woodwind that's usually not played in marching bands |
| DELIGHT | Take pleasure in the keys not being heavy (7) |
| IOOI | "Arabian Knights" number (Hint: Use alpha keys, not number keys) |
| ESCS | Keys not found on typewriters |
| BRONTE | Author with a first name in 20-A, 35-A or 53-A |
| ATONALLY | Without a key, not going over a colleague's housing |
| TONAL | Using a key not promoted by a student (5) |
| CANTICLE | Song is a caper when in key (not F) (8) |
| INITIAL | Opening home with key, not against letting one in (7) |
| MISJUDGE | Bond's boss played by Dench holds key - not one to underestimate! |
| GLOW | Key not far up in brightness |
