| MARIEOSMOND | American singer from a show business family whose best known song is Paper Roses |
| CERATONIA | Small genus of flowering trees in the pea family whose best known member is the carob tree |
| ANDREACORR | Irish singer, from a well-known musical family, who played Sharon Rabbitte in the 1991 film The Commitments |
| PROMOTION | Advancement as a result of a show business venture? (9) |
| NABUCCO | Giuseppe Verdi's third opera, whose best-known song is the Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves |
| TANAGER | South American singer from Argentina dropping in, oddly |
| BLUEOYSTERCULT | American rock band whose best known songs is (Don't Fear) The Reaper |
| LEHAR | Operetta composer Franz ____'s best-known song is Dein ist mein ganzes Herz |
| GETTY | American business family with companies selling oil and stock photographs |
| ONLYA | Nat King Cole sang, "It is ... paper moon; Hanging over a cardboard sea" (4,1) |
| STOCKSANDSHARES | Holdings of business family - passing time - runs (6,3,6) |
| HAFTS | Feuding business family of Washington, D.C. |
| ISMS | Is paper showing doctrines? (4) |
| LIBEL | Glib elaboration is paper malice at heart (5) |
| LOLA | Whatever ____ Wants is the best-known song from the 1955 musical Damn Yankees |
| AULD | Robert Burns' best-known song which is usually sung at New Year, ... Lang Syne |
| TEAFORTWO | The best-known song from the musical No, No, Nanette |
| SUMMERTIME | Best-known song from George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess |
| DREAMWILLDO | Best-known song from the musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat |
| ANY | Best-known song from the musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat |
