| MYWAY | Song with lyrics by Paul Anka set to music based on the French song Comme d'habitude by Claude Francois and Jacques Revaux |
| ORATORIO | Music based on the Bible |
| CYCLES | Unknown amongst contraltos to take on the French song sequences(6) |
| LUCILLESTARR | Canadian singer/songwriter of 1964 bilingual hit "The French Song": 2 wds. |
| CHERRYRIPE | Song with lyrics by the poet Robert Herrick, thought to be based on a street food seller’s cry |
| ASLEEP | - in the Deep; song with lyrics by Arthur J. Lamb; or, an episode of Dad's Army (6) |
| SCOTSWHAHAE | Song with lyrics by Burns about Robert Bruce's address to troops at Bannockburn (5,3,3) |
| EARFUL | Cheerful Little ____, 1930 song with lyrics by Ira Gershwin from the musical Sweet And Low (6) (6) |
| LADYLYNDA | 1979 top ten hit for the Beach Boys with music based on Johann Sebastian Bach's Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring |
| COFFEESONG | The ___ 1946 Frank Sinatra song with lyrics by Bob Hilliard and Dick Miles: 2 wds. |
| QUODLIBET | Light piece of music based on two or more popular tunes such as Galimathias musicum by W A Mozart (9 |
| FUNK | Type of dance music based on jazz and blues, with a strong repeated bass part (4) |
| SPEAKLOW | Kurt Weill song with lyrics by Ogden Nash |
| COUNTDOWN | Long-running British TV game show based on the French programme Des chiffres et des lettres |
| CANTATA | Music based on a religious text (7) |
| TONAL | Like music based on a key |
| TAIZE | Ecumenical community in Burgundy, noted for music based on simple phrases often repeated many times |
| SKIFFLE | Style of music based on American folk, usually using improvised instruments (7) |
| YANKEEDOODLE | Song with lyrics created by an American writing aimlessly? (6,6) |
| HEAD | "Put Your ___ on My Shoulder" by Paul Anka |
