| COUPLEPORTER | Find a spouse for the composer of "Kiss Me, Kate"? |
| PECKING | (& 6-down) Hierarchy seen in Kiss Me Kate? (7,5) |
| TOODARNHOT | The opening song of Act II of Kiss Me Kate (3,4,3) |
| SHREW | Kate of "Kiss Me, Kate," e.g. |
| KEEL | Howard of "Kiss Me Kate" |
| WAGNERITE | Admirer of the composer of 'The Ring of the Nibelung' (9) |
| LEHAR | Surname of the composer of The Land Of Smiles, The Merry Widow, etc. (5) |
| BACH | A second home for the composer? (4) |
| KERN | Part of a type piece that overlaps a neighbouring letter; or, the composer of the music to Show Boat (4) |
| RAVEL | Surname of the composer of Pavan for a Dead Infanta, Spanish Rhapsody, etc. (5) |
| ROMBERG | Surname of the composer of The Student Prince and The Desert Song (7) |
| BRITTEN | What is the surname of the composer of the opera Billy Budd? (7) |
| MANCINI | What is the surname of Henry, the composer of The Pink Panther theme? (7) |
| ELMER | Elsie the cow's spouse, for whom a glue is named |
| BERLIOZ | Pens no Nobel prize for the composer (7) |
| TOSTI | Is to beat time at first, for the composer (5) |
| GRIEG | Rice portion in scrambled egg for the composer (5) |
| ROSSINI | Is sin - or might be - for the composer (7) |
| MICKEYSPILLANE | Author of "Kiss Me, Deadly" and other popular crime stories |
| KISMET | What do many think dying Nelson said to Hardy instead of "kiss me"? (6) |
