| HOWARDKEEL | Actor whose roles included Frank Butler in 1950 musical-comedy film Annie Get Your Gun (6,4) |
| KEEL | Actor who found fame as Frank Butler in Annie Get Your Gun (4) |
| ANNIE | Sharpshooter Oakley who married Frank Butler |
| GRANDSTAND | Tiered seating area commanding the best view of a stadium, circus or racecourse; or, a sports programme whose hosts included Frank Bough and Desmond Lynam (10) |
| MAC | Bernie ___, comedian-actor whose roles included Frank Catton in 2001 crime film Ocean's Eleven (3) |
| JIMBACKUS | Actor whose roles included Frank Stark in 1955 film drama Rebel Without A Cause (3,6) |
| BACKUS | Jim, actor whose film roles included Frank Stark in Rebel Without A Cause (6) |
| OAKLEY | Annie, U.S. sharpshooter whose life was the subject of the musical Annie Get Your Gun (6) |
| MICHAEL | Actor whose roles have included Frank Spencer in BBC TV sitcom Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em (7,8) |
| MERMAN | American singer/ actress who starred on Broadway in Annie Get Your Gun in 1946 (5,6) |
| ETHEL | American singer/ actress who starred on Broadway in Annie Get Your Gun in 1946 (5,6) |
| GUN | Annie Get Your ___, 1950 musical |
| AMALE | "And you can't shoot ___ in the tail like a quail" ("Annie Get Your Gun" lyric) |
| REBA | Successor of Bernadette and Cheryl in the revival of "Annie Get Your Gun" |
| THATI | In Annie Get Your Gun, Howard Keel sang, "A doll I can carry, the girl ... marry must be" (4,1) |
| ITHADTOBEYOU | 1924 song performed by, among others, Dooley Wilson in the 1942 film Casablanca and Diane Keaton in the 1977 film Annie Hall |
| HIS | "I Got Lost in ___ Arms" ("Annie Get Your Gun" song) |
| IGOT | "___ the Sun in the Morning" ("Annie Get Your Gun" song) |
| IRVING | Composer of songs and musicals including Annie Get Your Gun and the unofficial anthem of the USA, Go |
| IRVINGBERLIN | U.S. composer of musicals noted for Annie Get Your Gun (6,6) |
