| INTERLUDES | I note playing resulted in short pieces |
| ZITI | Tubular pasta in short pieces |
| NORTHSTAR | Leading light, note, playing short on pitch |
| FAUXPAS | Slip in note, playing up sax (4,3) |
| GURU | Leader on football written up in short piece (4) |
| SHAW | Playwright in short piece of fabric wrapped round |
| BLUR | Smear in short piece written about book |
| SCRIMP | Marks put in short piece of writing for stint (6) |
| NOTELET | Comment on rental property in short piece of writing? (7) |
| STUB | Rejected objections in short piece (4) |
| FACES | Mugs, note, playing cards |
| OFTEN | F note playing repeatedly |
| NONPARTISAN | Detached note, playing piano, by one with manual skill (3-8) |
| MOONSTONE | Uncovers bum note playing something with a bit of sparkle |
| VARIATION | What may follow theme song, with note playing after verse |
| ONSET | Notes playing in beginning? (5) |
| ESSAYIST | Author of short pieces, for example, lives in East Street (8) |
| CAPTIONS | Short pieces of text under pictures in books or articles (8) |
| SWILLTUB | In short piece, Shakespeare's found a depository for hogwash (5-3) |
| CASTLIST | Names of actors in short piece one's seen near West End (4,4) |
