| TIMRICE | Lyricist who wrote the words for Alan Menkel's musical 'King David' (3,4) |
| CURSEYOUFEDBARON | Angry words for Alan Greenspan? |
| SAMMYCAHN | Professional name of U.S. lyricist who wrote the words for the song High Hopes (5,4) |
| ELEANOR | English author who wrote the words to the hymn Morning Has Broken, _ Farjeon (7) |
| ROSSETTI | Christina ___, poet who wrote the words for In the Bleak Midwinter (8) |
| GUSKAHN | Lyricist who wrote "Ain't We Got Fun?" and "Makin' Whoopee" |
| JAMESTHOMSON | Scottish poet (c1700 - 48), who wrote the words for Rule Britannia (5,7) |
| SLIDERS | Miniature hamburgers; Scottish dialect for blocks of ice cream sandwiched between wafers; one of the words for athletes who race the luge; or, red-bellied terrapins (7) |
| KEY | Francis Scott ___ wrote the words for the American national anthem, the Star-Spangled Banner. (3) |
| DERRICK | The surname of a London hangman of the early 17th century became the word for what type of crane-like framework, such as above an oil well? (7) |
| LERNER | Alan Jay, U.S. lyricist who wrote the screenplay and lyrics for the 1958 film musical Gigi (6) |
| AESTUAT | It burns (think of the word for summer) |
| TRIPOLI | Capital city derived from the word for 'three cities' in Greek (7) |
| MUSEUMS | Mum's the word for getting employment in public collections (7) |
| SONDHEIM | Stephen, U.S. composer and lyricist who wrote the fairytale musical Into The Woods (8) |
| STEPHENSONDHEIM | Composer and lyricist who wrote the lyrics for 1959 musical Gypsy (7,8) |
| IRA | He wrote the words for George |
| SCRIPTED | Wrote the words for (a film) (8) |
| MEANDER | In Low German the word for "wind"? |
| JOHNNYMERCER | Lyricist born 11/18/1909 who wrote the words to the 10 songs with asterisked clues |
