| SENSEN | Breath mint mentioned in "Ya Got Trouble" (from "The Music Man") |
| MUSICMAN | "Ya Got Trouble" musical, with "The" |
| TROG | Caveman, for short (and the appropriate starting square of the parade route, which is actually the opening lyrics of a famous march from "The Music Man" ... you can try tracing it as it winds through |
| HEDONIST | That man from the Mafia is trouble from the start for pleasure seeker (8) |
| TERMINUSAQUO | Our quiet man's in trouble from the beginning (8,1,3) |
| TOIL | "Double, double ___ and trouble", from the Song of the Witches in Macbeth (4) |
| PROBLEM | Trouble from the borders of Pahalgam intruded by butchers mainly in the job (7) |
| ITSYOU | Song from "The Music Man" with the lyric "What words could be saner or truer or plainer" |
| LIDAROSE | Barbershop quartet classic from "The Music Man" |
| NIGHTIE | Eight in trouble from the last shift? (7) |
| BARBARACOOK | Canterbury Tale set to a medly of songs from "The Music Man" |
| TRUMPET | Heard coming out of jazz club, foreign politician in genuine trouble from the start (7) |
| LOBBYIST | Bill's pusher in reception area is trouble from the start (8) |
| WAS | "Till There ___ You," song from "The Music Man" |
| TIL | "___ There Was You" (song from "The Music Man") |
| TROMBONES | Seventy-Six ---, show tune from The Music Man |
| NADIA | She's an aid in trouble from the top (5) |
| TILL | "___ There Was You," (song from "The Music Man") (4) |
| ITS | "___ You" (song from "The Music Man") |
| TEALTHEREWASYOU | Ducky tune from "The Music Man"? |
