| AWAKE | "___ and Sing!" (1935 play by 65-Across) |
| WAITING | 1935 play by Clifford Odets (7,3,5) |
| FORLEFTY | 1935 play by Clifford Odets (7,3,5) |
| NIGHTMUSTFALL | 1935 play by Emlyn Williams (5,4,4) |
| AH | "___, Wilderness!"; 1935 Lionel Barrymore film |
| USA | Country represented by 65-Across |
| MORAL | End of a piece by 65-Across |
| AKINS | Zoe who won a Pulitzer Prize for the 1935 play "The Old Maid" |
| CIVILRIGHTS | Cause championed by 65-Down |
| ODETS | Clifford ___, "Awake and Sing!" dramatist |
| JESSYENORMAN | Legendary American opera star who wrote the memoir "Stand Up Straight and Sing!" |
| LIFTUPYOURVOICE | Raise the pitch of your speech and sing! (4,2,4,5) |
| VOICE | "Lift every ___ and sing..." |
| ENSILAGE | Kept in pits for feeding by a Lee Sing! (8) |
| GOTTA | Word before "sing!" or "dance!" |
| ALONG | Beside - as groups often sing! (5) |
| YODEL | Money's finished, on the dole perhaps, yet sing! (5) |
| CONGRATULATIONS | Well done - as Cliff would sing! (15) |
| GLISTENS | Let's sing! See how it shines! (8) |
| VANOUTEN | Denise ?, television presenter whose credits include The Big Breakfast and Who Dares, Sings! |
