| Cousin of the banjo | 19 |
| Cousin of a bandore | 19 |
| Buttock muscle | 14 |
| Bouzouki or mandola | 19 |
| Balladeer's instrument of yore | 34 |
| Balladeer's aid | 19 |
| Balalaika's relative | 24 |
| Balalaika relative | 18 |
| Balalaika or bouzouki | 21 |
| Accompaniment for a pavane | 26 |
| Accompaniment for a madrigal | 28 |
| Worked a Renaissance Faire, maybe | 33 |
| What certain rioting Elizabethan musicians did? | 47 |
| Strummed, as a minstrel | 23 |
| Strummed an old string instrument | 33 |
| Smoothed concrete in a pavement | 31 |
| Smoothed concrete | 17 |
| Sealed, as a pipe joint | 23 |
| Played some dulcet tones | 24 |
| Played an old instrument | 24 |
| Played an Elizabethan instrument | 32 |
| Played a pandurina | 18 |
| Pilfered a string instrument? | 29 |
| Performed as a minstrel, maybe | 30 |
| Coated with cementlike sealant | 30 |
| Accompanied a madrigal, maybe | 29 |
| Renaissance instruments | 23 |
| Guitars' kin | 16 |
| Troubadours' instruments | 28 |
| Mandolins' kin | 18 |
| Pear-shaped instruments | 23 |
| Minstrels' instruments | 26 |
| Mandolin relatives | 18 |
| Cousins of mandolins | 20 |
| Pandurinas | 10 |
| Guitar ancestors | 16 |
| Troubadour's instruments | 28 |
| Old stringed instruments | 24 |
| Minstrels' companions | 25 |
| Medieval stringed instruments | 29 |
| Mandolin cousins | 16 |
| Guitars' ancestors | 22 |
| Guitar's ancestors | 22 |
| What troubadours played | 23 |
| Vivaldi wrote for them | 22 |
| Troubadours carried them | 24 |
| Trichords, e.g. | 15 |
| Theorbos' cousins | 21 |
| Stringed Ren Faire instruments | 30 |
| Some chordophones | 17 |
| Seals, as pipe joints | 21 |
| Sarod and theorbo | 17 |
| Renaissance-fair instruments | 28 |
| Renaissance Fair props | 22 |
| Relatives of balalaikas | 23 |
| Pegbox holders | 14 |
| Paving tools | 12 |
| Music makers for minstrels | 26 |
| Minstrels' strings | 22 |
| Mandolin's cousins | 22 |
| Mando-lins' kin | 19 |
| Instruments of yore | 19 |
| Guitar relatives | 16 |
| Early guitars | 13 |
| Concrete spreaders | 18 |
| Citoles | 7 |
| Citole and trichord | 19 |
| Bouzouki and mandola | 20 |
| Bards' instruments | 22 |
| Banjo's cousins | 19 |
| Bandores' kin | 17 |
| Writer of the 95 theses | 23 |
| Part of MLK Jr. | 15 |
| Part of M.L.K. Jr. | 18 |
| King's middle name | 22 |
| German theologian Martin | 24 |
| Writer of "The 95 Theses" | 35 |
| Reformer of note | 16 |
| Reformation leader | 18 |
| Protestant Reformation figure | 29 |
| Park of MLK Jr. | 15 |
| Original Protestant | 19 |
| He was condemned in the Edict of Worms | 38 |
| Excommunicant of Leo X | 22 |
| Actor Adler | 11 |
| "Here and Now" singer, Vandross | 41 |
| Some Protestants | 16 |
| Followers of Martin Luther | 26 |
| Superman foe | 12 |
| Superman nemesis | 16 |
| Superman archvillain Lex | 24 |
| Three-time Hackman role | 23 |
| Superman enemy Lex ___ | 22 |
| Spacey's "Superman Returns" role | 46 |
| Spacey role of 2006 | 19 |
| Lex of "Superman" | 27 |
| Lex of "Smallville" | 29 |
| Lex ___ | 7 |
| Minstrel, often | 15 |
| Old-time musician | 17 |