| KERN | Jerome ____ wrote songs including Ol' Man River and Smoke Gets in Your Eyes |
| NOEL | Playwright and composer who wrote songs including Mad Dogs And Englishmen, _ Coward (4) |
| SHE | Murder ___ Wrote (song by Chaka Demus & Pliers) |
| JEROMEKERN | US composer of the songs Ol' Man River and Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (6,4) |
| FLAME | "Now-laughing-friends-deride-tears-I-cannot-hide;-So-I-smile-and-say,-'When-a-lovely-...-dies;-Smoke-gets-in-your-eyes'" |
| PLATTERS | The ---, group that popularised the song Smoke Gets In Your Eyes with their 1958 version (8) |
| ROBERTA | 1935 musical comedy featuring the song Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (7) |
| ESSOBLUE | Brand name for paraffin whose TV advertising included a rewritten version of the song Smoke Gets in Your Eyes |
| SHOWBOAT | 1927 musical whose songs included Ol' Man River and Make Believe (4,4) |
| OCULAR | You are moving coal and it gets in your eyes |
| WILLIAMBLAKE | English poet and engraver who wrote Songs Of Innocence and Songs Of Experience (7,5) |
| SMOKE | "Now laughing friends deride tears I cannot hide; So I smile and say, 'When a lovely flame dies; ... gets in your eyes'" |
| ROGERGREENAWAY | Co-writer of songs including I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (in Perfect Harmony) and Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress |
| ANDYWILLIAMS | American singer and TV host associated with songs including Moon River and Music To Watch Girls By (4,8) |
| BLAKE | Artist and poet who wrote Songs of Innocence and of ExperienceA (5) |
| CHEVALIER | Entertainer and German PoW escapee who is noted for his versions of songs including Louise and Valen |
| ISAAK | Chris, singer and guitarist born in 1956 noted for songs including Blue Hotel (5) |
| TAVENER | Signed to The Beatles record label Apple in the 1960s and knighted in 2000, a favourite composer of the Prince of Wales who wrote Song for Athene (7) |
| FATSWALLER | US jazz pianist and composer who pioneered the Harlem stride style; co-writer, with lyricist Andy Razaf, of songs including 1929's 'Honeysuckle Rose' and 'Ain't Misbehavin' (4,6) |
| LOU | Familiar name of The Velvet Underground co-founder who wrote numerous songs, including Perfect Day and Walk on the Wild Side (3) |
