| THISIS | Irving Berlin sang his 1943 song, "... the army, Mr Jones; No private rooms or telephones; You had y |
| DAVIDHASSELHOFF | U.S. actor and singer who sang his song Looking For Freedom at the Berlin Wall shortly after its fall in 1989 (5,10) |
| EDWARDESTLINCUMMINGS | Who wrote in his 50 Poems (1926), "he sang his didn't he danced his did"? (6,6,8) |
| CABIN | Wood hut or lodge; a private room or living compartment on a yacht; or, a railway signal box (5) |
| BOUDOIR | From the French meaning "to pout" or "sulking-place", a woman's private room or bedchamber (7) |
| SLIDINGDOOR | Space-efficient divider between rooms ... or a hint to the word at the edges of the starred clues' answers |
| CAMERA | Latin word for "chamber" used to describe a photography device, the papal treasury, a judge's private room or a round building, such as that near the Bodleian Library (6) |
| LYKEWAKE | Traditional English song set to music by Benjamin Britten in his 1943 Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings (4-4,5) |
| DIRGE | Traditional English song set to music by Benjamin Britten in his 1943 Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings (4-4,5) |
| LARDER | One of the rooms or areas in a medieval house for storing or preparing food other than a pantry, saucery, spicery or buttery (6) |
| CORRIDOR | From "running place", an aisle connecting rooms or compartments in a building or railway carriage; or, a strip of land or airspace, affording travel between two places (8) |
| KNOW | "You'll Never ---," 1943 song |
| YEATMAN | The verger in Dad's Army, Mr ------- (7) |
| DENS | Private cosy rooms; or, hideouts such as tree houses or growleries (4) |
| LIBRARIES | Rooms, or sets of rooms, where books and other literary materials are kept (9) |
| PISTOL | "___ Packin' Mama," 1943 song |
| MAMA | Pistol packer in a 1943 song |
| ALGREEN | Barack Obama sang his "Let's Stay Together" |
| AVG | Dow Jones no. |
| ISTO | Howard Jones "No One ___ Blame" |