| PAPERBACKWRITER | In his just published book, "The Lyrics," Paul McCartney offers details about 154 of his songs; early on he wanted to be a novelist, and for this hit imagined penning "a letter to the publishing compa |
| STARDUST | Ziggy -; alter ego of late singersongwriter David Bowie and the title of one of his songs (8) |
| BLAIR | Diminutive midfielder who, at 20, won an AFL premiership in his just his 12th game for Collingwood in 2010 (5) |
| SPRINGSTEEN | Singer who objected to use of one of his songs by Donald Trump in 2016 and called him a 'moron' (11) |
| CASPIAN | Prince ____ , the second published book in The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis (7) |
| KIPLING | English author and poet born in India, best known for The Jungle Book and his Just So Stories (7,7) |
| JIMMYFALLON | "The Tonight Show" host who just published his second picture book, "Everything Is MAMA": 2 wds. |
| LAMB | The ---, a poem by William Blake published in his Songs Of Innocence (4) |
| FCC | Federal group mentioned by Eminem in one of his songs |
| TOKER | Steve Miller at midnight, in one of his songs |
| TINYDESKCONTEST | This annual NPR music competition was won in mid-May by Sacramento artist The Philharmonik, for a videotaped performance of his song "What's It All Mean?" |
| ROCKETMAN | Forthcoming Elton John biopic whose name is taken from one of his songs |
| RUDYARD | And 9 English author and poet born in India, best known for The Jungle Book and his Just So Stories (7,7) |
| DAN | "The Da Vinci Code" author Brown who just published "Origin," his fifth Robert Langdon novel |
| SIRFAXALOT | Off-key rapper who loves to send paper copies of his songs? |
| DIANA | Elton rewrote one of his songs for her |
| LEONARDCOHEN | Canadian singer, songwriter, musician, poet, novelist and painter whose first published book of poetry was Let Us Compare Mythologies |
| MONTERREY | "I met her in ____, in old Mexico" (Frank Sinatra, on his Songs for Swingin' Lovers album) |
| SEAN | Who top-scored for Zimbabwe with 154 in its first innings versus Afghanistan in the first Test in Bulawayo? (4) |
| HOT | ___ off the presses (just published) |
