| PAGANINI | Composer who was on the fiddle made both pain and gain (8) |
| TINKER | Fiddle made from metal by royal couple (6) |
| NERO | Emperor who was on the fiddle? |
| BOWED | Was on the fiddle, and bent |
| SCHUMANN | Carnaval and Kinderszenen composer who was married to Clara Wieck (8) |
| CHARLENE | ____ White, Loose Women anchor who was on the 2022 series of I'm A Celebrity... (8) |
| HONEGGER | Arthur ___, French-born Swiss composer who was a member of Les Six (8) |
| PICCINNI | Niccolo ___, popular Italian composer who was a rival of Gluck |
| GESUALDO | Composer who was prince of Venosa |
| SCHUBERT | Franz ___, Austrian composer who was buried next to Beethoven, at whose funeral he had been a torchbearer |
| MATERIAL | Like a mother could lose a point and gain one - it's seriously relevant (8) |
| CAMPAIGN | Struggle in theatrical way and gain ground (8) |
| DIAGNOSE | Find what is wrong and gain dose ordered (8) |
| TAKEOVER | After part exchange, pass and gain control (8) |
| AGNOSTIC | Unconcerned with things spiritual, cost and gain are all that interest him (8) |
| REBELWILSON | Australian actress and writer whose films include Pain & Gain, How to Be Single, Pitch Perfect, Bridesmaids, Ghost Rider and Night At The Museum: Secret Of The Tomb (5,6) |
| NUMERATE | Can reckon, with reorganisation, to run team and gain a point |
| GONATIVE | Behave like a local and gain vote for change (2,6) |
| TRESPASS | Step required to break lock and gain unlawful entry |
| MARKWAHLBERG | Mile 22, Pain & Gain, Deepwater Horizon, Daddy's Home, Shooter, The Fighter and Patriots Day, are films in which this US actor starred (4,8) |
