| AMAID | "Everybody Ought to Have ___" ("A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" song) |
| IHAD | '_ a funny accident' |
| MOSTEL | Zero, comic actor whose film roles included Pseudolus in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (6) |
| SONDHEIM | Composer of "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" |
| LANE | 1996 Tony winner for "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" |
| ROME | "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" setting |
| TOGA | "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" wrap |
| FORUM | Popular musical "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the ___" |
| TOTHEFORUM | A Funny Thing Happened On The Way ____, stage and film musical by Stephen Sondheim (2,3,5) |
| AFUNNYTHING | Stephen Sondheim Broadway musical based on the life of the slave Pseudolus, ... Happened On The Way To The Forum (1,5,5) |
| AFUNNY | Sondheim musical, ... Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum (1,5) |
| THING | "A Funny ___ Happened on the Way to the Forum" |
| PAAR | Jack who quipped "A funny thing happened to my mother one day: Me" |
| CAESARSPALACE | Las Vegas casino and hotel home to the Forum food court and the Bacchanal buffet |
| HEAVEN | Something Happened On The Way To ___, hit for 9A (6) |
| LIAR | "A ___ ought to have a good memory": Quintilian |
| SWARMED | From a hive together, accompanied by a queen, are said to have ___ (7) |
| MUUMUU | Dress that Olivia Rodrigo ought to have worn in the "Good 4 U" music video? |
| SYNESTHESIA | Or maybe the subjects have ___, a condition in which letters and numbers are perceived as colors |
| SHOULDER | Ought to have little hesitation to take responsibility (8) |
