| WALTON | English composer of the 1937 orchestral march Crown Imperial (6) |
| BERG | Austrian composer of the 1937 opera Lulu (4) |
| IMPERIAL | Crown ____, orchestral march by William Walton for George VI's coronation in 1937 (8) |
| FRITILLARIA | Genus of the crown imperial (11) |
| CRONIN | AJ, author of the 1937 novel The Citadel (6) |
| DELIUS | English composer of the 1887 orchestral piece Florida Suite (6) |
| TALLIS | 16th-century English composer of The Lamentations of Jeremiah (6) |
| TAKLIS | Thomas, 16th century English composer of the motet Spem in alium (6) |
| BLIXEN | Danish author who published the 1937 memoir Out of Africa, Karen _ (6) |
| HOBBIT | 'The --', 1937 novel by J.R.R. Tolkien (6) |
| MURAL | What type of work is Guernica, painted by Pablo Picasso for the Spanish pavilion of the 1937 World's Fair at Paris? (5) |
| ALICEFAYE | Female co-star of the 1937 US musical film On the Avenue (5,4) |
| CREASEY | John, author of the 1937 novel Meet the Baron (7) |
| TOLKIEN | Author of the 1937 novel The Hobbit, J. R. R. _ (7) |
| RETURN | see 10ac, The - 1937 novel by C S Forester |
| LAKEHURST | Town in New Jersey whose naval air station was the site of the 1937 Hindenburg airship disaster (9) |
| FUDD | Warner Bros. cartoon character introduced in prototype form as the title character of the 1937 short Egghead Rides Again (5,4) |
| BLORE | Eric of the 1937 film "Shall We Dance?" |
| ALLINGHAM | Margery, author of the 1937 novel Dancers in Mourning (9) |
| NEALE | Zora _ Hurston, author of the 1937 novel Their Eyes Were Watching God (5) |
