Across solutions are all names of composers, one of which has a forename included. Their clues generally lack a definition. Solvers must omit all instances of the letters A, E, I, O, U and Y and may insert asymmetrical bars between entries. Clues are presented in groups for each row and then each column. Letter counts refer to answers before vowel removal, so ‘Danish opera (9)’ would give the answer MASKARADE and the entry MSKRD.