| PENTATONICSCALE | Vaughan Williams used it in "The Lark Ascending" |
| ALUMINIUM | In the twenties they built the first plane made entirely of this metal - even the Wright brothers used it in the engine block to reduce weight |
| ROPE | Miss Scarlett might have used it in the Hall |
| SPOONBILLS | Piece of cutlery William's used for birds (10) |
| ETHER | Anaesthetists used it in Netherlands (5) |
| VIOLIN | A musical instrument used to play Vivaldi's The Four Seasons or Vaughan Williams' The Lark Ascending (6) |
| MEREDITH | Victorian poet whose The Lark Ascending inspired the work by Vaughan Williams |
| RALPH | --- Vaughan Williams, English composer of The Lark Ascending (5) |
| SKYLARK | Vaughan Williams' piece The Lark Ascending (1914) is about what bird? |
| WILLIAMS | Vaughan -; surname of a symphonist noted for works inducing The Lark Ascending (inspired by George Meredith's poem), Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis and the English Folk Song Suite (8) |
| VAUGHAN | Ralph _ Williams, English composer whose works included 1914's The Lark Ascending (7) |
| VAUGHANWILLIAMS | English composer whose works include The Lark Ascending (5,7,8) |
| JIGS | The tunes "The Blarney Pilgrim" and "The Lark in the Morning," e.g. |
| CHESSBOARD | The "windmill" tactic can be devastating here; 13-year-old Bobby Fischer used it to win the so-called Game of the Century in 1956 |
| ALGERIA | A country tune, say, part of "Lark Ascending" (7) |
| KRAAL | Lark Ascending enthrals a South African village |
| CAPER | Lark Ascending, touching and soft, endlessly wonderful |
| THEA | Main character in Cather's "The Song of the Lark" |
| AIR | "The Lark in the Clear ..." (old Irish song) |
| NOOSE | The hangman used it at the end... (5) |
