| DANSEMACABRE | Saint-Saens piece set at Halloween (5,7) |
| OFTHEANIMALS | Piece by Saint-Saens rearranged all five harmonics at a close of variation (8,2,3,7) |
| TRICKORTREAT | Stack pocketed by drunken rotter at Halloween event (5,2,5) |
| BOBFORAPPLES | You might at Halloween see Robert on top of slapper, drunk (3,3,6) |
| JACKOLANTERN | The phosphorescent light of the will-o'-the-wisp or ignis fatuus, "foolish fire", seen floating or hovering at night over marshy ground, whose name in question transferred to a candlelit pumpkin, carv |
| CARNIVAL | Piece by Saint-Saens rearranged all five harmonics at a close of variation (8,2,3,7) |
| THESWAN | Saint-Saens cello piece |
| THY | "My Heart at ___ Sweet Voice" (Saint-Saens aria) |
| DYINGSWAN | Famous Saint-Saens musical piece for Pavlova (5,4) |
| TRIGGER | Piece of a piece set in motion (7) |
| SWAN | Animal in Saint-Saens' "Carnival of the Animals" |
| CAMILLECARAVAN | Procession for Saint-Saens? |
| FAURE | Saint-Saens student Gabriel |
| DANSE | Saint-Saens' "___ Macabre" |
| ORGAN | Popular name of Saint-Saens' third symphony (5) |
| POCO | Somewhat, to Saint-Saens |
| LALO | Contemporary of Saint-Saens |
| CASTLESINSPAIN | Unrealistic plan to broadcast Saint-Saens clip (7,2,5) |
| ESSES | Saint-Saens trio |
| ANIMALS | Work by composer Saint-Saens, Carnival of the ___ (7) |