| IONESCO | Eugene, Romanianborn dramatist who authored The Bald Prima Donna (7) |
| XENAKIS | Iannis, Romanianborn composer whose works include Eonta (7) |
| EUGENEIONESCO | Romanian-French dramatist associated with the Theatre of the Absurd; The Bald Prima Donna (1950) (6,7) |
| ANOUILH | Jean, French dramatist who authored the plays Antigone and Becket (7) |
| FEYDEAU | Georges, French dramatist who authored the farce Un fil A la patte (7) |
| MARLOWE | Christopher ___, poet and dramatist who authored stage plays The Jew of Malta and Edward II (7) |
| ARBUZOV | Alexei, Russian dramatist who authored 1939's Tanya (7) |
| AIRLESS | The bald cockney is stuffy (7) |
| SOPRANO | Ionesco's The Bald ___ (7) |
| KYD | Thomas ___, 16th-century English dramatist who authored The Spanish Tragedy (3) |
| FLETCHER | John, English Jacobean dramatist who authored The Wilde Goose Chase (8) |
| OTWAY | Thomas, English dramatist who authored the 1675 play Alcibiades (5) |
| LORCA | Federico Garcia, Spanish poet and dramatist who authored the play Blood Wedding (5) |
| EURIPIDES | Greek tragic dramatist who authored the plays Medea and Hecuba |
| MOLNAR | Ferenc, dramatist who authored the 1909 play Liliom (6) |
| FERENCMOLNAR | Dramatist who authored 1909 stage play Liliom (6,6) |
| ODETS | Clifford, American dramatist who authored Golden Boy (5) |
| ORTON | Joe, English dramatist who authored Loot (5) |
| MENANDER | Greek poet and comic dramatist who authored stage play Dyskolos (8) |
| IBSEN | Henrik, Norwegian dramatist who authored A Doll's House (5) |