| MERCER | Johnny, American lyricist who co-founded Capitol Records (6) |
| DESYLVA | Songwriter Buddy who co-founded Capitol Records |
| LERNER | American lyricist who collaborated on musicals with Frederick Loewe (6) |
| ALANJAYLERNER | American lyricist who collaborated with the composer Frederick Loewe on the Broadway musicals My Fair Lady and Camelot (4,3,6) |
| LORENZ | American lyricist whose musicals co-written with composer Richard Rodgers include A Connecticut Yankee (1921) and Pal Joey (1940) (6) |
| GOFFIN | Gerry --, American lyricist whose first wife was Carole King (6) |
| BERLIN | Irving _, American composer and lyricist who wrote the song White Christmas (6) |
| MCKUEN | Poet/lyricist who wrote the 1974 #1 hit "Seasons in the Sun" |
| EBB | Fred, lyricist who co-wrote the musical Cabaret with John Kander (3) |
| TIMRICE | Lyricist who co-wrote Evita etc (3,4) |
| DAVID | US lyricist who co-wrote the Oscar-winning song Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head |
| HAL | US lyricist who co-wrote the Oscar-winning song Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head (3,5) |
| ACE | Johnny, American singer who died in 1954 playing Russian roulette (3) |
| LIAMPAYNE | One Direction member who signed with Capitol Records UK in July 2016 (Chevrolet) |
| RINGO | Johnny -, American outlaw whose life was the basis of the 1950 film The Gunfighter (5) |
| DEPP | Johnny ---, American actor |
| CASH | Johnny ---, American singer |
| EMI | Capitol Records' parent co. |
| HART | American lyricist whose musicals co-written with composer Richard Rodgers include A Connecticut Yankee (1921) and Pal Joey (1940) (4) |
| LEARNER | American lyricist said to be someone still developing technique? (7) |
