| SWONDERFUL | Gershwin song written for the 1927 musical Funny Face |
| BITTER | Noel Coward wrote the music and dialogue for the 1927 musical ... Sweet |
| RHYTHM | I Got _, George and Ira Gershwin song written for the musical Girl Crazy (6) |
| LOVEISHERETOSTAY | Gershwin song written for The Goldwyn Follies |
| ROBINSON | Mrs ___, song written for the film The Graduate (8) |
| RAINDROPS | Song written for the 1969 film 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid', '- Keep Fallin' on My Head' (9) |
| BRIGHTEYES | Song written for the soundtrack of the 1978 animated film Watership Down (6,4) |
| TRAVELINTHRU | 2005 Dolly Parton song written for the film Transamerica that was nominated for an Oscar: 2 wds. |
| TIL | "___ It Happens To You" (2015 Lady Gaga song written for the documentary "The Hunting Ground") |
| LYRIC | Song written for the theatre (5) |
| OVERTHERAINBOW | "Somewhere ___" (song written for "The Wizard of Oz") |
| LENNART | Isobel ******* , playwright who wrote the book for the musical 'Funny Girl' (7) |
| SHOWBOAT | 1927 musical that featured the song Make Believe (4,4) |
| BIGSPENDER | Song written for a 1966 musical and recorded by Peggy Lee the same year, and which became a signature tune for Shirley Bassey (3,7) |
| FANNYBRICE | US actress and singer whose life was the inspiration for the musical Funny Girl (5,5) |
| ALJOLSON | American singer, comedian, and actor best remembered for the 1927 movie The Jazz Singer |
| WHARTON | Edith _ American novelist nominated for the 1927, 1928 and 1930 Nobel Prize for Literature (7) |
| JUST | Pink song written for Alice Through the Looking Glass, ___ Like Fire (4) |
| TIGER | Survivor hit song written for Rocky III, Eye of the ___ |
| EYEOF | Hit song written for Rocky III, ___ the Tiger |
