| GOSPELS | The New Testament has them singing, and succeeded |
| EPISTLES | The New Testament has 21 |
| QUIRE | Do we hear them singing together off the same sheet as one? (5) |
| TAROT | Seaman of Old Testament has gypsy pack (5) |
| ANTHEMS | Ban them singing! It's too much for national songs (7) |
| LESSING | Born in Persia and brought up in Rhodesia until moving to London in her 30s, author of books including The Grass is Singing and The Golden Notebook (7) |
| ATS | Women's branch of the British Army, formed in 1938 and succeeded in 1949 by the WRAC (3) |
| GOTON | Boarded the bus and succeeded in a career (3,2) |
| FOLLOWED | Obeyed the instructions and succeeded |
| OBRIEN | Leno preceded and succeeded him on "The Tonight Show" |
| SAILOR | A salt, sea dog, seafarer or skipper, traditionally singing and working to the rhythmical song of the shanty (6) |
| REFRAIN | The bit where everybody joins in the singing and you don't (7) |
| FLOORSHOW | Singing and dancing and how to follow beats (5,4) |
| FLETCHER | Dramatist who collaborated with Francis Beaumont and succeeded Shakespeare as house playwright for the King's Men; or, an arrowsmith (8) |
| ADDINGTON | British Tory Prime Minister (1801-4) preceded and succeeded by William Pitt the Younger (5,9) |
| HENRY | British Tory Prime Minister (1801-4) preceded and succeeded by William Pitt the Younger (5,9) |
| ELIUD | Legendary king of the Britons, preceded by Urianus and succeeded by Cledaucus, as recounted by Geoffrey of Monmouth |
| ELUCIDATES | Explains cryptic clue first time and succeeded! (10) |
| DRUIDS | Priests acted around Rugby and succeeded (6) |
| PASTTENSE | It could be represented as spent, ate and succeeded |
