| SCHUBERT | Composer of some 1000 pieces in his 31 years including Trout Quintet, Winter Journey and over 600 lieder (8) |
| SONGCYCLE | Winter journey, for example, by air and bike |
| SLEIGHRIDE | A bob to go on this winter journey? |
| ALTHORP | Ancestral Northamptonshire seat of the Spencer family for some 500 years including its ninth earl, Charles, younger brother of Diana, Princess of Wales (7) |
| MICHELANGELO | Master of Renaissance art whose largest "canvas", as commissioned by Pope Julius II, was the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, which he painted in biblical scenes over four years, including The Creation |
| AGERANGE | Span of years, including end of life in a country house |
| MERECOINCIDENCE | It's not part of some grand conspiracy |
| SLEIGHRIDES | Winter journeys in glider she is manoeuvring (6,5) |
| MOZART | Composer of some 600 pieces including The Magic Flute whose Piano Concerto No. 21 is sometimes referred to as "Elvira Madigan" (6) |
| CHASANDDAVE | They recently released their first album of new material in 31 years (4-3-4) |
| BACH | Composer of some 1,100 known works including Air on the G String and a Baroque piece, titled Coffee Cantata, about a caffeine addiction (4) |
| SHREWSBURY | With over 600 listed buildings, the county town of Shropshire, birthplace of Charles Darwin (10) |
| SCARLATTI | An Italian composer who wrote nearly 120 operas - or his son who wrote over 600 harpsichord sonatas |
| MYFUNNYVALENTINE | Song from the 1937 Rodgers and Hart musical Babes in Arms that has been recorded by over 600 artists |
| AZNAVOUR | Which Frenchman (Charles _) composed over 600 songs and sold over 100 million records? (8) |
| DIXON | Lee, football pundit and former defender who played in over 600 matches for Arsenal (5) |
| TRUJILLO | Rafael ___ (1891-1961) dictator of the Dominican Republic for 31 years (8) |
| LAKETANGANYIKA | Trace of pigment some thousand found in state's water? |
| BRASILIA | Capital city which became a world heritage site only 31 years after its construction commenced |
| CHICAGOTRIBUNE | Phil Vettel retired on Jan. 15 after 31 years as this newspaper's food critic |
