| TRUMPETERSWANS | Critters in the brass section? |
| TUBA | From the Latin meaning "trumpet", the largest, deepest-sounding instrument in the brass section of a |
| TRUMPETS | Elephantine noises in the brass section (8) |
| TRUMPETERS | Musicians in the brass section |
| TROMBONIST | Musician in the brass section (10) |
| CORNETIST | Musician in the brass section |
| TUBIST | Certain performer in the brass section |
| TRUMPETER | There's a swan in the brass section (9) |
| TUBER | Like a potato, it sounds low in the brass section (5) |
| TAKETHE | The conductor will go in boots and all to remove the big ox beside the brass section (4,3,4,2,3,5) |
| BULLBY | The conductor will go in boots and all to remove the big ox beside the brass section (4,3,4,2,3,5) |
| THEHORNS | The conductor will go in boots and all to remove the big ox beside the brass section (4,3,4,2,3,5) |
| PETS | Critters in the house |
| RESTRICTS | How it limits those critters in the South (9) |
| ANTS | Tiny critters in the shaded parts of this puzzle |
| THEBULLBY | Go in boots and all to remove the big ox beside the brass section (4,3,4,2,3,5) |
| TAKE | Go in boots and all to remove the big ox beside the brass section (4,3,4,2,3,5) |
| TAKETHEBULLBY | Go in boots and all to remove the big ox beside the brass section (4,3,4,2,3,5) |
| SNAPPINGTURTLE | Critter in the percussion section? |
| FRENCHHORN | Instrument that's part of the brass section in an orchestra (6,4) |