| ADDRESSING | Speaking to a theologian, scripture seems in the end to be musical (10) |
| SUTTA | Buddhist scripture seems underwhelming to the atheists, initially |
| RODEO | Had nothing to ride, it seems, in the cowboy show (5) |
| JUSTASWELL | It's beneficial in the end to be fair to a toff (4,2,4) |
| TOOKASHARP | Assumed to be musical instrument abandoned when changed direction suddenly (4,1,5,4) |
| OFDARKNESS | Novella with 16 ___ asks for end to be rewritten (2,8) |
| KINGPIN | A ruler had power, in the end, to be the main man (7) |
| DINE | To have a meal one found in the end to be wrong (4) |
| GENUINE | Get the low-down, say, to turn in at the end, to be true (7) |
| ACCOMPANIMENT | For the audience, a group of players intended to be musical support (13) |
| TUBA | A bath can be made to be musical (4) |
| NEATEST | Need two hands, at the end, to be in the best trim (7) |
| COPER | Manage, right at the end, to be one to deal in horses (5) |
| TURNOUT | Prove, in the end, to be in attendance (4,3) |
| SONG | It's grand for a boy to be musical (4) |
| SCRAPE | May have to fight by the end to be very frugal (6) |
| GETINTOTROUBLE | Upset our lot betting, at the end, to be in difficulty (3,4,7) |
| AVERSE | Is reluctant, at the end, to be against a few lines of poetry (6) |
| FUSSY | Force an American ship, by the end, to be hard to please (5) |
| PENFRIEND | Find new rep, at the end, to be a regular correspondent (3-6) |
