| PHILHARMONIC | Word found in the title of many orchestras (literally, devoted to music) (12) |
| ADO | Word for a fuss, found in the title of a Shakespearean comedy (3) |
| CHAIR | Place in the orchestra, literally and metaphorically |
| TUBA | Heftiest instrument in many orchestras |
| MARCHMADNESS | Annual sports event that begins with Selection Sunday on 3/15 ... or, cryptically, a hint to the scrambled word found at the starts of 20-, 29-, 37- and |
| GREATESTHITS | *Title of many compilation albums |
| CHIPOTLE | Word, found in the name of a fast-food chain, for a smoke-dried jalapeno used to flavour beans, Mexican sauces and wholesome bowls of grain (8) |
| OPENFIRE | 'Chestnuts roasting' spot ... and a hint to a divided word found in the answers to starred clues |
| SAO | Word found in the name of many Brazilian cities |
| ETCH | Word, found in the name of a retro red-framed drawing toy, for an engraver's act of acidically eating a design into a precious metal or alloy (4) |
| PROVERBS | In favour of words found in the Old Testament |
| ARLES | Word in the title of many a van Gogh painting |
| FAIL | Word in the title of many an embarrassing YouTube video |
| HARE | Word in the title of many Bugs Bunny cartoons |
| FOCI | Word found in the definition of "ellipse" |
| EMPERORS | Word, found in the names of giant peacock moths, large penguins, marbles, red grapes and woodland-dwelling purple butterflies, for male rulers, such as Roman Caesars (8) |
| SLIP | Word, found in the common name of a paigle, for an accidental, blundering or clumsy trip or fall (4) |
| SHELTERED | Word found in the definition of "alee" |
| LAST | Final word found in the four longest Across answers |
| UNIFORM | Word, found in the Nato phonetic alphabet, for distinctive garb (7) |
