| UNDULATE | Wave and laud ludicrously the tune about to be played (8) |
| ARIA | A tune about to become an operatic song (4) |
| STYMIE | Former situation on a golf green in which an opponent's ball blocked the line between the hole and the ball about to be played |
| ORBISON | Singer's gold disc, note, about to be played again |
| TUNED | Like a mandolin that's about to be played |
| ADULATE | How you flatter and laud about the tea! |
| ZARZUELA | The ultimate from Cadiz - azure waves and the Spanish form of operetta (8) |
| BODYSURF | You just need a wave and you can start to do this (4,4) |
| OVERAWED | Rode wave. . . and was intimated (8) |
| SEASCAPE | View, say, close to waves and headland |
| TSUNAMIS | Waves and cheers to welcome star on unfinished film |
| UNBEATEN | Tune about bean is second to none (8) |
| RECEIVER | In electronics, any of various devices that accept signals, such as radio waves, and convert them (frequently with amplification) into a useful form. (8) |
| SANDREEF | Shore border built up by waves and currents |
| DEADCALM | Of a still body of water with no waves and no wind (4,4) |
| UNGULATE | Lug a tune about a zebra, say (8) |
| BAYWATCH | Show with waves and saves |
| SRILANKA | Small uplifting tune about long straight island (3,5) |
| WOOLF | Born Adeline Virginia Stephen in 1882, the novelist whose best-known works include Mrs Dalloway, To the Lighthouse, Orlando, The Waves and the extended essay A Room of One's Own (5) |
| RIPPLE | Wave, and create anger about double parking (6) |
