| PROGNOSTICATE | Forecast return of European unspoken composition for voice or piano |
| SECONDCOMING | Forecast return of additional business with China (6,6) |
| ORATORIO | Composition for voice and orchestra |
| SPIT | Forecasts return of light aircraft (8) |
| SONG | Any one of a series of musical compositions for voice as part of the tradition of wassailing, carolling or midnight mass (4) |
| SCHUBERT | Austrian composer known for his compositions for voice and piano (8) |
| CANTATAS | Compositions for voice |
| STOKER | He famously wrote short story about return of European king (6) |
| LEAGUE | Irishman possibly backed return of European Union association (6) |
| DIRGE | Lament return of European network (5) |
| CANTATA | A musical composition for voices and orchestra based on a religious text |
| REGISTER | Range of a voice or instrument; or, a record of attendance, list of names, or a book of such entries (8) |
| NETES | Finger keys of accordions, organs or pianos; signs representing pitch or duration of musical sounds; or, calls, songs, warbles etc of birds (5) |
| HAMMER | Hand tool for driving nails, beating metal or breaking toffee; auctioneer's gavel; or, a striking mechanism in a clock or piano (6) |
| PEG | Part of tuning system for violin or piano, say (3) |
| COMPASS | Device with a magnetised needle for determining direction; or, the range of notes of a voice or a musical instrument (7) |
| UNDERTONE | Word for a muted, pale or subdued colour, feeling, quality, sound or voice; or, a low state of body (9) |
| AUVERGNE | Songs from the ___, a collection of songs arranged for soprano and orchestra or piano by Joseph Cant |
| GLISSANDO | A rapidly executed series of notes on the harp or piano, each note of which is discretely audible |
| SONGSMITH | A type of lyrical artisan who musically "forges" ballads, melodies, pop standards, shanties, tunes or other compositions specifically for voice (9) |
