| FINGERBOARD | The long strip of hard wood on a violin or guitar over which the strings run (11) |
| NECK | Long narrow section of a violin or guitar |
| BRIDGE | What is the upright piece of wood on a violin over which the strings are stretched? (6) |
| LYRE | Instrument of Sumerian origin having a yoke, or two arms and a crossbar, projecting out from and level with the body. The strings run from a tailpiece on the bottom or front of the instrument to the c |
| RUNWAY | Strip of hard ground used by aircraft to take off or land (6) |
| STRAP | What holds a guitar over a guitarist's shoulder |
| FOUR | Number of strings on a violin or of movements in a symphony (4) |
| CHIN | Body part that rests on a violin or viola |
| NUT | What is the fixed ridge on the neck of a stringed instrument over which the strings pass? (3) |
| RIB | Any one of the curved pieces of wood forming the sides of a violin or the body of a lute; ornamental band on the spine of a book; or, an arch separating the webs of a vault (3) |
| BODY | Main text of a letter; full flavour of wine; sound box of a violin or a guitar; or, the opacity of a paint (4) |
| BOUT | A stint of strenuous exercise or overindulgence, for example; a contest or match in boxing, fencing or wrestling; a curve in the side of a violin; or, an attack of illness, such as flu (4) |
| STRING | Word for yarn or twine; a number of things threaded or tied on said line; a filing cord; a catgut of a violin; or, the twanging strand of an archer's bow (6) |
| MIRACLEMILE | Long strip of high-end shops along a road |
| DULCIMER | A version of the psaltery in which the strings are beaten with small hammers rather than plucked. Versions include the Alpine hackbrett, the Hungarian cimbalom, the Romanian E›ambal, the Greek santou |
| SOUL | Psyche or spirit; essence or essential part; sound-post or "anima" of a violin; or, the lungs of a goose (4) |
| WOLF | Large canine such as Rudyard Kipling's Akela; or, a non-harmonic note or tone made by the bow on a string of a violin or cello (4) |
| AINTREE | Suburb of Liverpool that is the site of the racecourse over which the Grand National has been run since 1839 |
| SARONG | Malay or Javanese garment consisting of a long strip of cloth worn by both sexes tucked around the waist or under the armpit |
| ACHERON | In Greek myths, one of the rivers in Hades over which the souls of the dead were ferried by Charon (7) |
