| Clue | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Renaissance-fair musicians | ||
| Some minstrels | Thomas Joseph | 05 May 2023 |
| Mediaeval pluckers sit with lust boiling | The Telegraph Toughie | 19 Mar 2019 |
| Old string players | Universal | 19 Feb 2018 |
| Old string players | ||
| Some instrument pluckers | Universal | 04 Oct 2016 |
| Many troubadours | Premier Sunday | 20 Mar 2016 |
| Some instrument pluckers | ||
| Some string players | Universal | 18 Oct 2015 |
| Some string players | ||
| Players of certain pear-shaped instruments | ||
| Some string players | ||
| Minstrels, often | ||
| Elizabethan musicians | ||
| Medieval players | ||
| Old musicians | ||
| Musicians. |