| PERRY | Antoinette after whom the Tony Awards are named |
| ANTOINETTE | Broadway's Tony Awards are named in honour of the actress/director ... Perry |
| EAT | "Let them ___ cake." ...it's what legendary Star political cartoonist Duncan Macpherson has John Diefenbaker saying as Marie Antoinette after the Prime Minister cancelled the project at #33-Across in |
| ROSIEODONNELL | Former panelist on "The View" who hosted the Tony Awards three times: 2 wds. |
| LIZAMINNELLI | Cabaret actress who hosted the Tony Awards in 1993: 2 wds. |
| ANGELALANSBURY | Mame actress who hosted the Tony Awards in 1987 1988 and 1989: 2 wds. |
| ARIANADEBOSE | West Side Story actress who hosted the Tony Awards in 2022 and 2023: 2 wds. |
| MAYBE | Optimistic-sounding musical that cleaned up at the Tony Awards (5,5,6) |
| HAPPY | Optimistic-sounding musical that cleaned up at the Tony Awards (5,5,6) |
| ENDING | Optimistic-sounding musical that cleaned up at the Tony Awards (5,5,6) |
| OLIVIER | The annual British professional opera and drama awards are named after the legendary actor, Sir Laur |
| POE | For whom the Edgar awards are named |
| NOVELLO | Welsh entertainer after whom songwriting awards are named (7) |
| IVOR | Novello for whom British musicwriting awards are named |
| HALBERG | Person our annual sports awards are named after (7) |
| ELEPHANTMAN | David Bowie starred in the Tony award winning play of the tragic life of John Merrick, The ... (8,3) |
| HOME | Fun ___ Broadway play with the first female writing team to win the Tony Award for Best Score |
| JONES | James Earl ___ actor and first African-American man to win the Tony Award in the Leading Actor category |
| AIDEM | "Prayer for the French Republic" actress Betsy, who was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play, as announced yesterday |
| JAMESEARLJONES | "Fences" actor who received the Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre in 2017: 3 wds. |
