| STERN | Isaac, Russian-born American violinist born in 1920 (5) |
| ASIMOV | Isaac --, Russian-born American science fiction writer (6) |
| ISAACSTERN | Polish-born U.S. classical violinist born in 1920 (5,5) |
| MAXIM | ____ Vengerov, Israeli classical violinist born in 1974 (5) |
| BABEL | Isaac -, Russian author of story collection Red Cavalry executed in 1940 (5) |
| GRAND | Great Russian-born American novelist dies, having just begun epic (5) |
| ISAAC | ___ Asimov, Russian-born American writer of the story collection I, Robot (5) |
| CELAN | Paul ***** , Romanian poet born in 1920 (5) |
| HERON | Patrick ___, abstract and figurative artist and critic, born in 1920 (5) |
| ELMAN | Russian-American violinist |
| EVANS | Godfrey ___ , English wicketkeeper born in 1920 who played for Kent and earned 91 Test caps for England (5) |
| NIGELKENNEDY | British violinist born in 1956 who made his London debut in 1977 (5,7) |
| ITZHAKPERLMAN | Violinist, born in Tel Aviv in 1945, who made his debut at Carnegie Hall in 1963 |
| VENGEROV | Maxim ******** , Soviet-born Israeli violinist born in 1974 (8) |
| VANESSAMAE | British violinist born in Singapore in 1978 |
| MENUHIN | Baron -- of Stoke D'Abernon, British violinist born in USA (7) |
| MAE | Vanessa- --, British violinist born in Singapore (3) |
| KREISLER | Fritz _; virtuoso violinist born in Austria (8) |
| PERLMAN | Itzhak ******* , violinist born in 1945 who has won 16 Grammy Awards (7) |
| STEPHANE | ____ Grappelli, French jazz violinist born in 1908 (8) |
