| MERCER | Johnny, American singer and composer whose lyrics include those to Moon River (6) |
| WARP | Song from a 1975 musical whose lyrics include instructions an accompanying dance (3,4,4) |
| THETIME | Song from a 1975 musical whose lyrics include instructions an accompanying dance (3,4,4) |
| JOSEFELICIANO | Blind Puerto Rican musician, singer and composer whose hits include Light My Fire and Feliz Navidad |
| HOAGYCARMICHAEL | US pianist, singer and composer whose songs include Star Dust and Georgia on My Mind |
| TOWNWITHOUTPITY | It lost to "Moon River" for a Best Song Oscar |
| WALTZ | What you can do to "Moon River" |
| ACE | Johnny, American singer who died in 1954 playing Russian roulette (3) |
| CASH | Johnny ---, American singer |
| BROWNING | Poet whose collection Dramatic Lyrics includes The Pied Piper of Hamelin and My Last Duchess (8) |
| REPTON | Landscapist considered the successor to Capability Brown, whose designs include those at the gardens/grounds of Cobham Hall, Dyrham Park, Harewood House and the Longleat estate (6) |
| EDISON | Thomas, prolific American inventor whose patents include those for incandescent light bulbs (6) |
| JONSON | English poet and playwright whose lyrics "Drink to me only with thine eyes" have been set to music in various forms since the 1770s (6) |
| APOLLO | Greek god - US space programme dedicated to moon landings - butterfly (6) |
| REGGAE | A style of music that originated in Jamaica whose lyrics are influenced by Rastafarian ideas (6) |
| RAPGOD | 2013 Eminem hit whose lyrics have a record-setting 1,560 words: 2 wds. |
| PHOBOS | Fear last couple is missing, so returns to moon |
| RONGOODWIN | Plymouth-born composer whose film scores include those for Battle of Britain and Frenzy (3,7) |
| BUDD | Roy, film composer whose scores include those for Get Carter and Soldier Blue (4) |
| BADALAMENTI | Angelo -, film composer whose scores include those for Secretary and Mulholland Dr (11) |
