| COLEPORTER | Composer and lyricist for the 1956 musical High Society (4,6) |
| GRACEKELLY | The musical High Society (1956) was the last film starring ____ |
| LIN | ___-Manuel Miranda producer and lyricist for the 2023 live-action adaptation of The Little Mermaid |
| YUL | He beat out James, Rock, Kirk, and Laurence for the 1956 Best Actor Oscar |
| TIMMINCHIN | Australian comedian born in 1975 who is the composer and lyricist of Matilda The Musical (3,7) |
| LIONELBART | English composer and lyricist whose works include the musical Lock Up Your Daughters (6,4) |
| MYFAIRLADY | 1956 musical with "The Rain in Spain" and "Get Me to the Church on Time": 3 wds. |
| HAROLDROME | "Fanny" composer and lyricist |
| BRYNNER | Actor who played the King of Siam in the 1956 musical The King and I (last name only) (7) |
| ANNE | Deborah Kerr's role in the 1956 musical The King and I (4) |
| HOWARD | ___ Ashman lyricist for the 1991 film Beauty and the Beast for which he posthumously won an Academy Award |
| TIMRICE | Lyricist for the musical Chess (3,4) |
| IDLE | Eric, lyricist for the musical Spamalot (4) |
| ALANJAYLERNER | Lyricist for the 1958 musical film Gigi |
| STEPHENSONDHEIM | Composer and lyricist who wrote the lyrics for 1959 musical Gypsy (7,8) |
| PEART | Neil ___, drummer/lyricist for the rock band Rush |
| SONDHEIM | Stephen, U.S. composer and lyricist who wrote the fairytale musical Into The Woods (8) |
| PYGMALION | 1913 play by George Bernard Shaw on which the 1956 musical My Fair Lady is based (9) |
| TUNESMITHS | Composers and lyricists |
| KERR | Deborah ----, Anna in the classic 1956 musical The King and I (4) |
