| BRIEST | 'Effi -', novel by Theodor Fontane (6) |
| THEODOR | First name of Effi Briest author whose surname Fontane features on the Berlin Walk of Ideas book stack sculpture (7) |
| EFFIBRIEST | Realist novel by Theodor Fontane, published in 1884 (4,6) |
| EFFI | 1896 novel by Theodor Fontane featuring the character Major Crampas (4,6) |
| GODSON | Johnny Fontane, to Vito Corleone |
| ADORNO | Theodor, philosopher whose writings include Negative Dialectics (6) |
| DREYER | Carl Theodor, film director whose works include The Passion of Joan of Arc of 1928 (6) |
| GEISEL | Theodor 'Dr. Seuss' ___ (b.1904 - d.1991) |
| JARGON | "The ___ of Authenticity" (Theodor Adorno book that critiques the language of existentialist philosophy) |
| ECOLI | Bacteria discovered by Theodor Escherich |
| ADORABLE | 'A' You're _____, song first recorded by singer Perry Como and The Fontane Sisters in 1949 (8) |
| ALMARTINO | Portrayer of singer Johnny Fontane in "The Godfather" |
| MARTINO | Crooner Al who played Johnny Fontane in "The Godfather" |
| PUZO | Creator of the crooner Johnny Fontane |
| DELLE | Roma, la cittA ___ fontane |
| PHD | By any other name: Credential never held by Seuss (but Theodor Geisel got an honorary one at 51) |
| TREVI | Subject of the third movement of Respighi's "Fontane di Roma" |
| JOANOFARC | Her passion was put on screen by Carl Theodor Dreyer (4,2,3) |
| FONTANE | German novelist Theodor who wrote "Before the Storm" |
| AKA | *Theodor Geisel, ____ Dr. Seuss |
