| ANNIEGETYOURGUN | Irving Berlin's Wild West musical penned in 1946 (5,3,4,3) |
| ANNIEGET | Irving Berlin's Wild West musical, ... Your Gun (5,3) |
| JANE | Wild West musical starring Doris Day (8,4) |
| CALAMITY | Wild West musical starring Doris Day (8,4) |
| PUTTINONTHERITZ | Irving Berlin's song on the green? |
| AYEARINPROVENCE | Book, a long one penned in support of cleric leading church (1,4,2,8) |
| RAP | Drake or Kanye West's musical genre |
| ALEXANDERS | His ragtime band was the best band in the land, in Irving Berlin's words (9'1) |
| GET | Irving Berlin's musical of sharpshooter Annie Oakley, Annie ... Your Gun |
| DUET | Irving Berlin's "You're Just in Love," e.g. |
| LONGAGO | New joke penned in the toilet back in the day |
| BLUESKIES | Irving Berlin song penned in 1926 (4,5) |
| ASKHIM | "___ to sit this one out" (from Irving Berlin's "Change Partners") |
| MYSELF | Irving Berlin's "All by ___" |
| MADAM | Irving Berlin's "Call Me ___" |
| ALIE | Irving Berlin's "I Can't Tell ___" |
| MARRY | Irving Berlin's "The Girl That I ___" |
| ANDIM | Irving Berlin's "You're Lonely ___ Lonely" |
| ILEFT | Irving Berlin's "___ My Heart at the Stage Door Canteen" |
| ISNT | Irving Berlin's "___ This a Lovely Day" |
