| INEXPERT | Unskilled still, embrace old love next to piano (8) |
| PRESERVE | Keep book next to piano (8) |
| DOOR | "Love Next ___" (South Korean drama on Netflix) |
| BYPLAY | Next to piano, song is secondary activity (2-4) |
| ATTACHED | Without preconditions, orchestra's downsized to piano, wind and percussion..! (2,7,8) |
| STUDYING | Paying close attention to piano piece in G (8) |
| KEYBOARD | Directors supporting crucial contribution to piano? (8) |
| PANCREAS | New, simple key in parts given to piano and organ |
| APPROVAL | A diminutive woman clinging on to piano for support |
| EXOTERIC | Fascinatingly alien embraces old monarch in public |
| EXEGESIS | Interpretation of old love, for example, key to what's part of family life (8) |
| TELEMANN | Composer's old love by a number gripped (8) |
| EXTENDED | Old love had disposition to get out |
| FLOODLIT | Flit around poor old love under lights (8) |
| ELDORADO | Dear old love knot in place of gold (2,6) |
| COMPLEXITY | Agree to embrace old lover, it leads to complication (10) |
| YOKOONO | Love bonking, coming back to embrace old one of two virgins (4,3) |
| NEXUS | Bond star rising to embrace old flame (5) |
| BOOBYTRAP | Hope maybe to embrace old social revolutionary's secret weapon |
| AHOYTHERE | Hearty: he contrived to embrace old sailor's greeting (4,5) |
