| SCHUBERT | Old maestro in Bucharest abandoning a novel (8) |
| VIRTUOSO | Taking in Italy, five tours ruined old maestro (8) |
| APOSTASY | Lynch leaves psychoanalyst in act of abandoning a cause (8) |
| ANIMATOR | Artist last seen in Bucharest in Romania, surprisingly (8) |
| HOTPRESS | Horses apt to bolt, abandoning a warm Leopardstown enclosure? (3,5) |
| TAKEBACK | Surprise, abandoning a revoke |
| FRUITBATON | Banana wielded by a maestro in a pinch? |
| TOSCANINI | Opera coming over in doubly twisted old maestro (9) |
| BEECHAM | Old maestro taking cap off hole in device filming workers? (7) |
| BACHELORPARTY | Male gathering old maestro and commoner up, creative (8,5) |
| SWITCH | Debit card introduced in the UK in 1988 that merged with Maestro in 2002 |
| GOSTRAIGHT | Leave in good order, abandoning a life of crime (2,8) |
| GOINGSTRAIGHT | In working order, frankly abandoning a life of crime (5,8) |
| SOLTI | So, left on time with one old maestro (5) |
| CHANDELIER | Light fluffy rice inspiring old maestro (10) |
| OVERDID | Dissertation originally by old maestro, dramatised |
| PACED | Maestro in Palladium set the tempo |
| HANDEL | Maestro in control, by the sound of it? |
| SMETANA | Czech maestro in team's playing around Albion's wingers (7) |
| MONSOON | Maestro in Doctor Who (5,7) |
