| ELLIOT | 'Billy ___' (Best Musical Tony winner for '09) |
| ANNIE | Best Musical Tony winner for '77 |
| AWAKENING | "Spring ___" (2007 Best Musical Tony winner) |
| CATS | 1982 Best Musical Tony winner |
| ONCE | Best Musical Tony winner between "The Book of Mormon" and "Kinky Boots" |
| EVITA | First British Best Musical Tony winner |
| SPAMALOT | 2005 Best Musical Tony winner |
| LESMIZ | 1987 Best Musical Tony winner, informally |
| AVENUEQ | 2004 Best Musical Tony winner |
| WIZ | 1975 Best Musical Tony winner, with "The" |
| EVAN | "Dear ___ Hansen": 2017 Best Musical Tony winner |
| ASTRANGELOOP | 2022 Best Musical Tony winner, and theme of this puzzle |
| FUNHOME | Best Musical Tony winner in 2015 |
| AKIMBO | "Kimberly ___" (2023 Best Musical Tony winner) |
| SPRINGAWAKENING | 2006 Best Musical Tony winner based on a controversial turn-of-the-century German coming-of-age play |
| KINKYBOOTS | 2013 Best Musical Tony winner ... with a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| ALANJAY | Winner, with Frederick Loewe, of the 1957 Best Musical Tony Award winner for My Fair Lady |
| ALANJAYLERNER | Winner, with Frederick Loewe, of the 1957 Best Musical Tony Award winner for My Fair Lady |
| LERNER | Winner, with Frederick Loewe, of the 1957 Best Musical Tony Award winner for My Fair Lady (4,3,6) |
| JOEL | Billy _, best-selling artist behind Uptown Girl and Piano Man (4) |
