Guardian Prize

[Semwah]

Last three......

1A - Tailless fish and a tailless baby feline (7) C_R_C_L

7D - Setter lifting a couple of Hindu melodies (4-4) A_A_-A_A_

17D - Private tucked into bed, quaking at a stroke of the baton (8) _O_N_E_T

Hints preferred to answers please. Thanks in advance.

[Semwah]

Just realised what 7D is.

[pomona]

17d downbeat - anagram of own (private) + bed + at

[pomona]

1a caracal