| SHOWBOAT | 1927 musical by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II whose songs include Make Believe and Ol' Man River (4,4) |
| FERBER | Edna -; author whose novel Show Boat was adapted into a musical by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II (6) |
| JEROMEKERN | U.S. composer of musical comedy whose songs include The Song Is You and Ol' Man River (6,4) |
| BREAD | American soft-rock group led by David Gates whose hits include Make It With You (5) |
| PRETENDS | Makes believe and nurses beforehand (8) |
| ROBERTA | 1933 musical by Jerome Kern and Otto Harbach (7) |
| MOORE | Astrologer and physician at the court of Charles II whose almanac became a bestseller in the 18th and 19th centuries and is still in publication today (5) |
| MAP | Clerk in the court of Henry II whose miscellany De Nugis Curialium (Courtiers' Trifles) was translated by medievalist and antiquarian ghoststory writer M. R. James in 1923 (3) |
| BROADWAYRHYTHM | 1944 MGM musical featuring the song All the Things You Are, composed by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II |
| MISSISSIPPI | Subject of the song 'Ol' Man River' in the 1927 Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein musical Show Boat (11) |
| VERYWARMFORMAY | Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein musical (4,4,3,3) |
| ALLEGRO | 1947 musical by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II that was their fourth collaboration together |
| RODGERS | Richard ---, composer who collaborated with Lorenz Hart and Oscar Hammerstein II |
| SOUTH | & 13Dn. Musical play by Oscar Hammerstein II, Joshua Logan and Richard Rodgers adapted from a James Michener novel (5,7) |
| CARMENJONES | 1943 Broadway musical with lyrics and book by Oscar Hammerstein II (6,5) |
| OKLAHOMA | Musical with words by Oscar Hammerstein II that premiered in 1943 (8) |
| RICHARDRODGERS | Musical partner of Oscar Hammerstein II |
| STEPHENSONDHEIM | Student of Oscar Hammerstein II |
| LYRICS | Forte of Oscar Hammerstein II |
| ADELINE | Sweet girl name-checked in the 1929 musical by Kern and Hammerstein (7) |
