| BERNSTEIN | Leonard ?, American composer of 1957 stage musical West Side Story |
| KANDER | John ?, American composer of the music for 1966 Broadway musical Cabaret (6) |
| WESTSIDESTORY | 2021 film musical by U.S. director Steven Spielberg adapted from a 1957 stage musical (4,4,5) |
| LEONARD | American composer whose best-known work is the musical West Side Story, _ Bernstein (7) |
| LEONARDBERNSTEIN | US conductor and composer who wrote the score of the musical West Side Story |
| MARIA | Female protagonist - and fourth song - of the 1957 Bernstein and Sondheim musical West Side Story (5) |
| AMERICA | Well-known song from the Leonard Bernstein musical West Side Story (7) |
| TONIGHT | Duet from the musical West Side Story, written by Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim (7) |
| JETS | The _, one of the gangs in the musical West Side Story (4) |
| SHARKS | Rival gang of the Jets in the musical West Side Story (6) |
| MARLA | The lead female role in the musical West Side Story (5) |
| STORY | Musical, West Side ... |
| ENDGAME | 1957 stage play by Samuel Beckett (7) |
| ENTERTAINER | The -* 1957 stage play by John Osborne (11) |
| CHESHIRE | Leonard ?, Victoria Cross recipient; founder of a charity for disabled ex-servicemen in 1948 (8) |
| JEROME | -- Kern, American composer of musical theatre and popular songs (6) |
| COHEN | Leonard ?, poet and songwriter whose novels include The Favourite Game (5) |
| NIMOY | Leonard ?, actor who played Spock in 1960s US television series Star Trek |
| ROSSITER | Leonard ?, Liverpudlian actor who starred as Rupert Rigsby in ITV comedy series Rising Damp |
| HARMLESSENOUGH | Shames rough Leonard? No danger! (8,6) |
