| DANSEMACABRE | 1874 orchestral work by Camille Saint-Saens |
| SWANS | Mute -; portrayed by cello in Le Cygne by Camille Saint-Saens, birds subject to the annual ceremony of upping (5) |
| HELENE | One-act opera by Camille Saint-Saens |
| CARNIVAL | The - of the Animals; English title of a musical suite by Camille Saint-Saens (8) |
| EGYPTIAN | The -; popular name for Piano Concerto No. 5 in F major, Op. 103 composed by Camille Saint-Saens (8) |
| CELLO | Stringed instrument used to perform The Swan (Le Cygne) in The Carnival of the Animals by Camille Saint-Saens (5) |
| SWAN | Depicted by cello and piano in Camille Saint-Saens' Le Cygne, bird such as that counted in the annual census by the Vintners' and Dyers' livery companies (4) |
| ETNEAN | Camille Saint-Saens, without Ms Callas, is, I suspect, typical of a European hothead (6) |
| FINLANDIA | Orchestral work by Sibelius which is a hymn tune (9) |
| ESPAGNOLE | "Rapsodie ...", orchestral work by Ravel first performed in 1908 (9) |
| RHAPSODYINBLUE | Orchestral work by George Gershwin (8,2,4) |
| RAPSODIE | Orchestral work by Maurice Ravel first performed in 1908 (8,9) |
| SCHEHERAZADE | Colourful orchestral work by Rimsky-Korsakov |
| BOLERO | Orchestral work by Maurice Ravel; or, a shrug-like jacket (6) |
| PLANETS | The - - -, famous orchestral work by Gustav Holst (7) |
| POMP | - and Circumstance Marches, orchestral work by Edward Elgar (4) |
| VARIATIONS | Enigma -, orchestral work by Elgar (10) |
| ENIGMA | ____ Variations, an orchestral work by English composer Edward Elgar (6) |
| SORCERERS | Orchestral work by Paul Dukas, The - Apprentice (9) |
| SPRINGTIME | ____ in Funen, choral and orchestral work by Carl Nielsen |