| SERENADES | ____ were originally played for important people, or sung by lovers for their ladies |
| COXSWAIN | Firm kiss by lover for keeper of course (8) |
| SERENADE | Song sung by lover before entering den as ordered (8) |
| HAEMORRHAGE | Colloquially, a loss of important people or resources (11) |
| CLARET | Old name used by British wine lovers for reds from Bordeaux (6) |
| SOLVER | Dodgy lovers for you? (6) |
| VEGANS | Animal lovers, for example, getting into vans (6) |
| VERSICLE | A short sentence recited or sung by the minister at a liturgical ceremony and responded to by the congregation (8) |
| JOHNDENVER | Colorado and West Virginia have official state songs written or sung by ____ (4,6) |
| CHORAL | Relating to or sung by a choir (6) |
| LAY | Word for a ballad or sung poem; a lyric; a melody; the ordinary people, as distinct from the clergy or experts; the appearance of land; the direction rope is twisted in; or, an oyster-bed (3) |
| BIGGUNS | Comfortable overseas territory to the west for important people (3,4) |
| DONKEYS | College fellows providing housing for important people who may be challenged intellectually (7) |
| VOICE | Sound produced in spoken communication or sung words; the ability to chant, croon, harmonise, warble or wassail well; a part for a chorister; a mode of utterance; or, a medium of expression (5) |
| SONATA | An instrumental composition to be "sounded" or played as opposed to a cantata or "sung piece" (6) |
| HEAVIES | The fellow's holding a battle for important people |
| CHEESES | Big breeze, one is told, for important people (7) |
| HOTSHOTS | Lusty passion again for important people (8) |
| CHIEFS | Cooks around India for important people (6) |
| REQUIEM | A mass said or sung for the rest of the soul of a dead person (7) |
