| MIDDLEHIGH | & 43D. Language of works by Gottfried von Strassburg and Walther von der Vogelweide |
| TRISTANUND | Opera by Richard Wagner largely based on a romance by Gottfried von Strassburg (7,3,6) |
| ISOLDE | Tristan und ___, opera by Richard Wagner largely based on a romance by Gottfried von Strassburg |
| THOMSON | Poet whose The Seasons inspired a text by Gottfried van Swieten which became the libretto for Joseph Haydn's oratorio of the same name (7) |
| BARBARAHUTTON | Woolworths heiress whose seven husbands included German tennis star Baron Gottfried von Cramm |
| TELESCOPE | Optical instrument used by Galileo Galilei for many of his scientific observations of 17a 35a 24d and 43d |
| EMMY | Award for television excellence...and what each of 7A 18A 22A 38A and 43D have won |
| STRANGER | ___ Things sci-fi TV show created by The Duffer Brothers that was inspired by 21a 25a 43a 2d 38d and 43d |
| PORTUGUESE | The language from which English borrowed the words 31A and 43D |
| ULSTER | And 43d. Trimble, say, in overcoat, supported by TU member (6,8) |
| BEE | Stinging pollinating insect with a World Day on May 20th... and a clue to solve 22a 26a 37a 55a and 43d |
| OKES | Nicholas ___, English printer of some early editions of works by William Shakespeare and John Webste |
| NERNST | German chemist Walther ____’s heat theorem is a partial statement of the third law of thermodynamics and won him a 1920 Nobel prize |
| GOUJON | Jean ?, 16th-century French sculptor and architect noted for his decorations of works by Pierre Lescot |
| RISE | "Still I ___" (title of works by 2Pac and Maya Angelou) |
| ALCHEMIST | The ---, title of works by Ben Jonson and Paulo Coelho |
| THEDARKTOWER | Series of works by Stephen King inspired by a Robert Browning poem (3,4,5) |
| KISS | The ---, name of works by both Klimt and Rodin (4) |
| EGYPT | One of the world’s few nations with contiguous territory in 43D continents |
| LEIBNIZ | Gottfried Wilhelm von ..., German philosopher and mathematician who was a contemporary of Isaac Newton (7) |
