| MUSICSTOOL | Support for performer in mass - solo is cut out (5,5) |
| PLAYING | Less demanding for performer in subsidiary role (7,6,6) |
| SECONDFIDDLE | Less demanding for performer in subsidiary role (7,6,6) |
| PROMPT | Cue for performer in concert with piano a Beethoven's Fourth (6) |
| SCRIPTS | Written copy for performers in films and plays (7) |
| GSTRINGS | They might give notes for performers in underwear (1-7) |
| PALINDROME | Friend accompanying one in modern dance solos is one (10) |
| SONGSTRESS | Child, source of great anxiety for performer (10) |
| SHEETMUSIC | Printed part for performer |
| INCREDIBLE | Consuming chewy rope initially, disgusting stuff like that they say is unlawful for performers at Woodstock? (10,6,4) |
| ROOKERY | Castle has strange eyrie that is cut out for birds to nest in (7) |
| TONIC | In fact, solo is transposed in this notation system (5, 3-2) |
| SOLFA | In fact, solo is transposed in this notation system (5,3-2) |
| HEEDING | Noting a bird is cut out in the editing |
| HEURISTIC | Helping one to discover for oneself heir is cut out |
| TITUSANDRONICUS | 'Play with man in suit' is cut out (5,10) |
| SARGASSO | In South Africa grass is cut out initially, then the gulfweed (8) |
| LEVITICUS | Priest is cut out of the Old Testament book |
| ICTUS | Metrical stress is cut out (5) |
| DICTUM | A saying is cut out mid the confusion (6) |
