| CUEUP | Prepare to play, as a song |
| POPIN | Prepare to play, as a cassette |
| TUNE | Prepare to play, as a violin |
| TUNED | Prepared to play, as a violin |
| LOAD | Become ready to play, as a video game |
| INSIDE | Where to play as a member of the team? (6) |
| CUEDUP | Prepared to play, as a track |
| IDLE | Not scheduled to play, as a pro team |
| UPLOAD | Prepare to share, maybe, as a song |
| DUE | A ___ (for two, as a song) |
| REDONE | Made a new version of, as a song |
| CAROL | Vehicle with nothing left to be used as a song |
| ONREPEAT | Over and over, as a song one listens to |
| OVERHEAD | What a player has to pay to play, as the time collection or the drop or rake* |
| APIACERE | Musical instruction to a performer to play as they please (1,7) |
| DERMATOLOGIST | A modest girl to play as expert on large organ |
| DRAMATISE | Turn to play, as I'd a term off (9) |
| NEIL | Prepare to play a sweep shot, say, batting during innings as elder statesman (4,7) |
| RETUNE | Prepare to play after a break |
| TUNEUP | Prepare to play a melody better? |
