| Deep-toned instrument | 21 |
| Deep brass instrument | 21 |
| Brass-section member | 20 |
| Brass horn | 10 |
| Brass bass | 10 |
| Brass band member | 17 |
| Brass band biggie | 17 |
| Brass band bass | 15 |
| Big instrument in a marching band | 33 |
| Big burden for a bandsman | 25 |
| Big brass item | 14 |
| Big brass boomer | 16 |
| Big brass bellower | 18 |
| Big blow for a band? | 20 |
| Big band wind | 13 |
| Bass line provider | 18 |
| Bass horn | 9 |
| Band biggie | 11 |
| "Tubby" musical instrument | 36 |
| "Symphonie Fantastique" need | 38 |
| Roman trumpets | 14 |
| Old Roman trumpets | 18 |
| Shylock's friend | 20 |
| Friend of Shylock | 17 |
| ___ ligation | 12 |
| Ductlike | 8 |
| Lawsuit between rigatoni makers? | 32 |
| Debt to ducts? | 14 |
| Big brass instruments | 21 |
| Big marching-band instruments | 29 |
| Heavy horns | 11 |
| They have big bells | 19 |
| Oompah instruments | 18 |
| Large brass instruments | 23 |
| Instruments in military bands | 29 |
| Weighty instruments | 19 |
| Tough instruments to carry | 26 |
| Tornado clouds | 14 |
| The big brass? | 14 |
| Sousaphones' relatives | 26 |
| Sousaphones | 11 |
| Some big horns | 14 |
| Some bass horns | 15 |
| Oom-pah makers | 14 |
| Members of the brass | 20 |
| Marching band sections | 22 |
| Marching band heavyweights | 26 |
| Low things in the pit | 21 |
| Kin of saxhorns | 15 |
| Humongous horns | 15 |
| Helicons | 8 |
| Heavy instruments | 17 |
| Heavy brasses | 13 |
| Euphoniums, e.g. | 16 |
| Big horns | 9 |
| Bass line players | 17 |
| "Oompah" producers | 28 |
| Big band member / Wee one | 25 |
| Unusual brass polish? | 21 |
| Rodgers musical of 1970? | 24 |
| Broadway hit? | 13 |
| Honky-tonk legend Ernest | 24 |
| Ernest of country music | 23 |
| Ernest of country and western music fame | 40 |
| Country music pioneer Ernest | 28 |
| Singer called the Texas Troubadour | 34 |
| Longtime Opry regular | 21 |
| Ernest of the Country Music Hall of Fame | 40 |
| Country singer-songwriter Ernest | 32 |
| Country singer Ernest | 21 |
| Country music legend Ernest | 27 |
| "Waltz Across Texas" singer Ernest | 44 |
| "Texas Troubadour" of country music | 45 |
| "Texas Troubadour" Ernest | 35 |
| Hot-___ (sat in a Jacuzzi) | 26 |
| Washer or bather | 16 |
| Crockett's "Miami Vice" partner | 45 |
| Crockett's 'Miami Vice' partner | 43 |
| Wash ___, comics hero | 21 |
| Marcus or Winfred of the N.F.L. | 31 |
| Tuba in a children's story | 30 |
| Short and fat | 13 |
| Rather overweight | 17 |
| "__ little cubby" (Winnie-the-Pooh descriptor) | 56 |
| Children's classic by Kleinsinger and Tripp | 47 |
| Crest holder | 12 |
| Toothpaste holder | 17 |
| Toothpaste container | 20 |
| Lipstick holder | 15 |
| Test follower | 13 |
| London subway, with "the" | 35 |
| Word with inner or test | 23 |
| Vacuum ___ | 10 |
| Sunblock container | 18 |
| Part of CRT | 11 |
| Part of a paper roll | 20 |
| Paper towel roll leftover | 25 |
| Boob ___ | 8 |
| Way through London | 18 |
| TV, slangily, with "the" | 34 |