Related Clues:

• Unaccompanied performers
• Unpartnered performers
• They play by themselves
• Recital stars
• Helpless folks?
• Helpless ones?
• Helpless performers?
• Single players
• They have nobody to play with
• Featured musicians
• They go it alone
• Leading singers — toss soil (anag)
• Eschewing partners in the hope of 15 across.