| RENTSTRIKE | Lightning bolt blasting a Broadway musical? |
| FINIANSRAINBOWTROUT | Fish in a Broadway musical? |
| OLIVERSPOTS | Scenes from a Broadway musical? |
| RENT | Operating cost of a Broadway musical? (4) |
| KISSMEKATE | Romantic suggestion made to actress Hepburn in a Broadway musical? (4,2,4) |
| MOUSE | Long-tailed rodent known collectively as a mischief; old word for a match for firing a cannon or blasting a mine; or, a weight used when replacing a sash cord (5) |
| CANNON | A great gun, such as a bombard, for blasting a castle wall; or, the crowning metal loop of an old bell (6) |
| RENTFREEZE | Super-cold spell on the set of a 1996 Broadway musical? |
| ANNIEHALL | Performance venue for a 1977 Broadway musical? |
| HAIRSHIRT | Souvenir from a 1968 Broadway musical? |
| WICKEDGOOD | Positive, albeit terse, review of a 2003 Broadway musical? |
| SHOOTING | Word for the act of blasting a bore; the sport of hunting game; an estate on which to blast, fire or hunt; or, a sudden twinge of sharp pain (8) |
| SAINTLAWRENCE | Roman Christian blasting a recent sin, keeping commandment |
| OLIVER | Twist-filled Broadway musical? |
| HELLODALI | Artist's favorite Broadway musical? |
| MANOFLAMANCHA | Powerful Richard Kiley Broadway musical? |
| ANNIE | Can niece be too much for Broadway musical? (5) |
| CABARET | 1972 film based on a Broadway musical, which in turn was inspired by a short novel by Christopher Isherwood (7) |
| SOUTHPACIFIC | Close movie based on a Broadway musical |
| SIAM | King's land in a Broadway musical |
