| LADLER | Spooner? He played works by G Gershwin on the harmonica |
| LARRY | First person to perform concert music on the harmonica (5,5) |
| ADLER | First person to perform concert music on the harmonica (5,5) |
| SLEEPYHEAD | Person suffering from 3? He's played badly, without energy (10) |
| EARDRUM | Dull hesitation, complained Spooner - he could hear through it (7) |
| PAULWHITEMAN | American bandleader whose band premiered Rhapsody in Blue with George Gershwin on piano |
| ODOWD | Chris, actor who played work-shy Roy Trenneman in The IT Crowd (5) |
| AUDIO | Got some sort of sound out of the harmonica Udi owned (5) |
| SHENG | Chinese ancestor to the harmonica, fashioned from bamboo |
| MCGHEE | Walter, known as Brownie, blues guitarist associated with the harmonica player Sonny Terry (6) |
| PANPIPE | Ancestor of the harmonica |
| HARDCHEESE | Chard he's given by Spooner? Tough luck (4,6) |
| HIGHLIGHT | Emphasise the extent of tall tale as told by Spooner? (9) |
| WEST | Indian state supreme, if ancient European region declared by Spooner? (4,6) |
| DEADINTHEWATER | Drowned, perhaps, marryin' the offspring of Spooner? (4,2,3,5) |
| CORNERSHOP | Local store has shaved the fuzz for Spooner? (6,4) |
| JIGGERYPOKERY | Gag from the pen of Spooner? Line causing mischief |
| RAINGAUGE | The measure of a meteorologist to become angry, according to Spooner? |
| TOODLEPIP | Advice on fluffy dog from Spooner? I'm off! |
| YARRABANKER | Old Melburnian fish tower described by Spooner? (5,6) |
