| BARENBOIM | Daniel ?, Argentina-born conductor and pianist; music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra from 1991-2006 |
| DORFMAN | Ariel ?, Argentina-born author of stage plays Purgatorio and Death and the Maiden |
| GUEVARA | Che ?, Argentina-born revolutionary and political leader executed in Bolivia in 1967 (7) |
| SOLTI | Georg ?, music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra from 1969-92 (5) |
| KUBELIK | Alias used by "The Bear" on its filming notices, named for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra's fifth music director |
| GEORG | Longtime conductor of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra |
| GEORGSOLTI | Hungarian-born conductor who led the Chicago Symphony Orchestra from 1969 to 1991: 2 wds. |
| ASHKENAZY | Vladimir ___, Russian-born conductor and pianist who became a citizen of Iceland in 1972 |
| LUTOSLAWSKI | Polish composer Witold ____'s third symphony was premiered by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in 1983 |
| BENJAMINBRITTEN | English composer, conductor, and pianist whose works include The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra |
| SAINTSAENS | French composer, organist, conductor and pianist best known for The Carnival of the Animals (5-5) |
| DANIELBARENBOIM | Argentina-born Israeli pianist and conductor who was married to cellist Jacqueline du Pre (6,9) |
| BOULEZ | Pierre ___, French composer, conductor and pianist whose works include Pli selon pli, based on the poems of Stephane Mallarme |
| REINER | Fritz of the Chicago Symphony |
| CARLDAVIS | New York-born conductor and composer whose film scores include The French Lieutenant's Woman |
| MESSI | Lionel ?, Argentina and Barcelona forward; six-time winner of the Ballon d'Or |
| MATEO | Identify the first name of this Argentina born Italian footballer who ended Serie A 2024-25 season as the top goal-scorer. (5) |
| ANDREPREVIN | Composer, conductor and pianist born in Berlin in 1929 (5,6) |
| MUTI | Chicago Symphony Orchestra "Music Director Emeritus for Life" Riccardo |
| KITSON | Daniel ?, winner of the Perrier Comedy Award at the 2002 Edinburgh Festival Fringe (6) |