| WAGNER | Richard _, German composer whose works include The Fling Of The Nibelung (6) |
| HENZE | Hans Werner ___, German composer whose works include the oratorio The Raft of the Medusa |
| THROWING | Giving gundog dummies the fling while having a party! (8) |
| STRAUSS | Richard _, German composer of the late Romantic and early modern eras who wrote the opera Salome (7) |
| ORFF | Carl _, German composer whose best-known work was the cantata Carmina Burana (1937) |
| DANIEL | Recent toy-boy fling of 10D's in the Street (6,8) |
| OSBOURNE | Recent toy-boy fling of 10D's in the Street (6,8) |
| SPENDINGSPREE | Deepen spring's fling of rash buying (8,5) |
| BACHELORPARTY | Final fling of a sort |
| HANDEL | Let's hear the "Hallelujah Chorus" for George ___, the German composer whose "Messiah" is a timeless Christmas classic (Hint: His surname sounds like cool part of a mug of steaming hot cocoa) |
| RICHARDWAGNER | German composer whose cycle of music dramas, The Ring of the Nibelung, was first produced at Bayreut |
| BRAHMS | Johannes ___, German composer known for his 'variations' on the works of others (6) |
| STEIFF | Richard ___, German designer who helped to create the teddy bear |
| FLOTOW | Friedrich von ..., German composer whose opera Martha was first performed in 1847 (6) |
| SCHUTZ | Heinrich ___, German composer and organist regarded as the most important German composer before Johann Sebastian Bach |
| WAGNERITE | Admirer of the composer of 'The Ring of the Nibelung' (9) |
| DANCES | Flings of a sort |
| ALBERICH | Dwarf who guards the Rhinegold in 1876 work The Ring of the Nibelung by Richard Wagner (8) |
| ROBERTSCHUMANN | German composer whose works include many piano pieces such as Papillons and Carnaval (6,8) |
| RHINEGOLD | Material from which the ring of the Nibelung was made |
