| POULENC | Francis ---, French composer and member of a group of young composers known as Les Six (7) |
| TAILLEFERRE | Germaine --, a member of the group of composers known as Les Six (11) |
| AURIC | Member of the group of French composers known as 'Les Six' (5) |
| PARRY | Catherine with a young composer (5) |
| ROREM | '5 Prayers for the Young' composer |
| SOPRANO | Parson, doctor, leader of orchestra and member of a choir (7) |
| FRIENDS | Iconic sitcom about a group of young New Yorkers (7) |
| SKINNER | James Scott --- (1843 - 1927), fiddler and composer, known as "The Strathspey King" (7) |
| ROSSINI | Gioacchino ___ (1792-1868), Italian composer known as 'the Swan of Pesaro' (7) |
| PICABIA | Francis, French painter associated with the Dadaist, surrealist and cubist movements (7) |
| STRAUSS | Johann - II; Austrian composer known as the Waltz King who wrote The Blue Danube (7) |
| VIVALDI | Composer known as the "Red Priest" (7) |
| MEASLES | When you see me as Les, I look spotty (7) |
| ENDLESS | Some recommend Les Six as eternal (7) |
| FRANCISPOULENC | French composer and pianist of the Les Six group; Les Biches (ballet, 1924), Les mamelles de Tiresias (opera, 1947) etc. (7,7) |
| PEEP | A group of (young) chickens; a feeble sound of a chick; a secret glance; or, a slang word for an eye (4) |
| EMILEZOLA | French author whose novels include a set of 20 collectively known as Les Rougon-Macquart |
| LECOP | French movie also known as 'Les Ripoux' or 'My New Partner' (2,3) |
| MIS | 2012 movie musical (and the Broadway show it is based on) is colloquially known as Les - (3) |
| HONEGGER | Arthur ___, French-born Swiss composer who was a member of Les Six (8) |
