| LAURELANDHARDY | Duo whose films customarily began with a rendition of The Dance of the Cuckoos |
| SALOME | Performer of the Dance of the Seven Veils |
| ROBERTGALBRAITH | Pen name of the female author of "The Cuckoo's Calling" |
| FARRELLYBROTHERS | American screenwriting and directing duo whose films include There's Something About Mary, Dumb and Dumber and Shallow Hal |
| HORNE | "Always be smarter than the people who hire you." Her role in the film Stormy Weather (1943) included her rendition of the title song, which became her trademark. |
| WHAMMYBAR | Hendrix famously used one in his Woodstock rendition of "The Star-Spangled Banner" |
| NOSTER | Thus, Pilate's wife knelt and went to recite Rome's first rendition of the Lord's Prayer! (5,6) |
| PATER | Thus, Pilate's wife knelt and went to recite Rome's first rendition of the Lord's Prayer! (5,6) |
| THENUTCRACKER | Tchaikovsky's ballet that includes The Waltz Of The Flowers and The Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy (3 |
| CORSAGE | Given a bouquet for a rendition of Rock of Ages? No, Kay! |
| PLUM | Tchaikovsky's ballet, The Nutcracker, features The Dance Of The Sugar ... Fairy |
| CELESTA | Keyboard instrument used in the Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy in Tchaikovsky's ballet The Nutcracker (7) |
| PETAVERSIONS | Step back taking in a rendition of "My Favourite Things"? Quite the opposite! (3,9) |
| RAGGEDROBIN | A campion in bloom during the months when cuckoos call, hence the latter part of its Latin name floscuculi meaning "flower of the cuckoo" (6,5) |
| TROT | Horse step with the dance of the fox (4) |
| NUTCRACKERSUITE | Orchestral selection that includes the Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy |
| RECITE | Give a rendition of a poem |
| SPIRITED | Like a rendition of "Deck the Halls" |
| SING | Performed a rendition of "Femininomenon" in the car |
| SANG | Performed a rendition of "Femininomenon" in the car |
