| Ninth day before ides | 21 |
| March 6 in old Rome | 19 |
| Jan. 5 in old Rome | 18 |
| Ides' counterpart | 21 |
| Ides kin | 8 |
| Forum dates | 11 |
| Before the ides | 15 |
| Ancient Roman calendar day | 26 |
| Ancient dates | 13 |
| 1951 book of Auden poems | 24 |
| One without equal | 17 |
| Wilco's record label | 24 |
| Person without equal | 20 |
| Composition for nine musicians | 30 |
| Composition for nine | 20 |
| Largish combo | 13 |
| Small choir | 11 |
| Triple trio | 11 |
| Chamber group, maybe | 20 |
| Octet plus one | 14 |
| Chamber work | 12 |
| Trio trebled | 12 |
| Schubert's "Eine kleine Trauermusik," e.g. | 56 |
| Large jazz combo | 16 |
| Large combo | 11 |
| Large chamber group | 19 |
| Trio of trios | 13 |
| Piece for nine | 14 |
| Musical nine | 12 |
| Largish chamber group | 21 |
| Trio, tripled | 13 |
| The Muses, for example | 22 |
| Sextet plus three | 17 |
| Piece for an ennead | 19 |
| Nine-piece combo | 16 |
| Musical ennead | 14 |
| Music for a baseball team? | 26 |
| Largish singing group | 21 |
| Large musical combo | 19 |
| Fair-sized musical group | 24 |
| Combination of nine voices | 26 |
| Certain musical group | 21 |
| Certain jazz combo | 18 |
| A musical group that consists of nine people | 44 |
| Zero safety precautions, tight¬rope-wise | 43 |
| Vocal group | 11 |
| Tune for nine | 13 |
| Trio, squared | 13 |
| Trio times three | 16 |
| Three-trio combo | 16 |
| The Muses e.g. | 15 |
| Small choir, maybe | 18 |
| Sizable music combo | 19 |
| Sextet plus a trio | 18 |
| Set of nine voices | 18 |
| Score for a baseball team? | 26 |
| Ravel's "Trois Poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé," e.g. | 72 |
| Rare instrumental grouping | 26 |
| Quintet plus quartet | 20 |
| Quartet plus quintet | 20 |
| Piece with nine parts | 21 |
| Opus for nine | 13 |
| Nine-piece band | 15 |
| Nine-person musical group | 25 |
| Nine-performer work | 19 |
| Nine-part song | 14 |
| Nine-man band, e.g. | 19 |
| Nine singers singing | 20 |
| Music for nine parts | 20 |
| Music for nine | 14 |
| Miles Davis ___ (cool jazz group) | 33 |
| Many a neo-ska group | 20 |
| Louis Spohr chamber work | 24 |
| Largish musical group | 21 |
| Large jazz group | 16 |
| Group on Miles Davis's "Birth of the Cool," e.g. | 62 |
| Group of nine, as in music | 26 |
| Group of nine performers | 24 |
| Good-sized musical group | 24 |
| Expensive wedding band, maybe | 29 |
| Composition for nine voices | 27 |
| Composition for nine instruments | 32 |
| Chamber composition | 19 |
| Certain string ensemble | 23 |
| Cards in play at once, e.g. | 27 |
| Boast by a daredevil trapeze artist | 35 |
| Big combo | 9 |
| Big band? | 9 |
| Baseball starting lineup, e.g. | 30 |
| Any group of 9 | 14 |
| A singing group | 15 |
| 9-person musical group | 22 |
| Some musical groups | 19 |
| Some chamber groups | 19 |
| Largish combos | 14 |
| Fair-sized musical groups | 25 |
| Some musical ensembles | 22 |
| Pieces for nine | 15 |
| Large chamber groups | 20 |
| Tripled trios | 13 |