| Some smiths | 11 |
| Stannum works | 13 |
| Less resonant | 13 |
| More cheap-sounding | 19 |
| Having less timbre | 18 |
| More chintzy-sounding | 21 |
| Least resonant | 14 |
| Most unmusical | 14 |
| Flimsiest | 9 |
| Subjective ringing in the ear | 29 |
| Ringing in the ears | 19 |
| Lacking in resonance | 20 |
| Lacking in resonance, e.g. | 26 |
| Thin in tone | 12 |
| Like a honky-tonk piano | 23 |
| Lacking resonance | 17 |
| Sounding like a toy piano | 25 |
| Metallic-sounding | 17 |
| Metallic | 8 |
| Like saloon pianos | 18 |
| Cheap-sounding | 14 |
| Weak and thin, as a voice | 25 |
| Thin, as sound | 14 |
| Thin-toned | 10 |
| Stannic | 7 |
| Sounding poor, as a piano | 25 |
| Of poor sound quality | 21 |
| Metallic in sound | 17 |
| Like some pianos | 16 |
| Like some horns | 15 |
| Like cheap speakers | 19 |
| Like an old piano | 17 |
| Like a flivver | 14 |
| Like a flimsy metal | 19 |
| Like a cheap piano | 18 |
| Having a thin, metallic sound | 29 |
| Cheap-seeming | 13 |
| Bassless? | 9 |
| Section of a statue made of element #50? | 40 |
| Dickens character with a metallic voice? | 40 |
| First baseman Martinez | 22 |
| Former Yankee Martinez | 22 |
| Ex-Yankee Martinez | 18 |
| Two-time All-Star Martinez | 26 |
| Martinez of baseball | 20 |
| Baseballer Martinez | 19 |
| Retired slugger Martinez | 24 |
| Martinez of "Baseball Tonight" | 40 |
| Former Yankee All-Star Martinez | 31 |
| Former All-Star slugger Martinez | 32 |
| Yankee Martinez | 15 |
| Tub, in Turino | 14 |
| Retired first baseman Martinez | 30 |
| One of the Flying Wallendas | 27 |
| Martinez who won four World Series rings with the Yankees | 57 |
| Martinez who replaced Don Mattingly in 1996 | 43 |
| Martinez of the diamond | 23 |
| Infielder Martinez | 18 |
| French singer/actor Rossi | 25 |
| Former slugger Martinez | 23 |
| Ex-Yankee All-Star Martinez | 27 |
| Ballplayer Martinez who played in the postseason eight straight years starting in 1995 | 86 |
| All-Star Martinez | 17 |
| 1997 Home Run Derby winner Martinez | 35 |
| 1997 Home Run Derby champion Martinez | 37 |
| '90s-'00s first baseman Martinez | 40 |
| You can dig it in Bolivia | 25 |
| Unrefined source of element #50 | 31 |
| Stannum source | 14 |
| Stannite, e.g. | 14 |
| It's mined in Rwanda | 24 |
| It's mined for bronze | 25 |
| Cassiterite, for one | 20 |
| Gathering celebrating cassiterite? | 34 |
| Mined materials that may become cans | 36 |
| ___ Alley | 9 |
| Historic musical "Alley" of Manhattan | 47 |
| __ Alley | 8 |
| Songwriter's Alley | 22 |
| Musical alley | 13 |
| Famous alley | 12 |
| Alley or cookware | 17 |
| Alley of song | 13 |
| _____ Alley | 11 |
| __ Alley: old music-publishing district | 39 |
| Song source | 11 |
| Address for pop songwriters? | 28 |
| Tenth street | 12 |
| Source of many old pop songs | 28 |
| Pop-music district | 18 |
| Pop music business, informally | 30 |
| Part of midtown Manhattan | 25 |
| Old-time songwriters' locale | 32 |
| Musicians' district | 23 |
| Music-publishing district | 25 |
| Music center | 12 |
| Imaginary N. Y. street | 22 |
| Gershwin's stamping ground | 30 |
| Composers' milieu | 21 |
| Bowling venue for musicians? | 28 |