| EXXON | Oil corporation based in Irving, Texas |
| EXXONMOBIL | Corporate giant based in Irving, Tex. |
| LAS | __ Colinas: upscale neighborhood in Irving, Texas |
| ADIDAS | Sportswear corporation based, like Puma, at Herzogenaurach, Germany (6) |
| MOBIL | Oil corporation |
| IOC | Acronym of one of India's largest commercial enterprises, the Indian Oil Corporation (1,1,1) |
| ALEXANDERS | His ragtime band was the best band in the land, in Irving Berlin's words (9'1) |
| SPALL | Actor whose film roles include Winston Churchill in The King's Speech, the title character in Mr. Turner and David Irving in Denial (5) |
| ISHE | "___ the Only Man in the World" (Irving Berlin song) |
| FSHARP | Only key Irving Berlin composed in |
| GOTNO | Words before "diamond" and "pearl" in an Irving Berlin song |
| GARP | Fictional writer in a John Irving best seller |
| DANCINGCHETOCHE | Heavenly activity in an Irving Berlin song |
| ILIKEIKE | What "Even Harry Truman says" in an Irving Berlin song |
| SLEEPYHOLLOW | Fox drama based on a Washington Irving story: 2 wds. |
| HENRYS | Irving and others as four royal characters in 13 (6) |
| SHIPBUILDING | Irving ___ Inc., headquartered in Halifax |
| CATHY | Comic strip character who married Irving in 2005 |
| OAKLEY | Annie who was required to get her gun by Irving Berlin in the musical |
| TSGARP | 1982 Robin Williams movie character based on the John Irving novel, _._. ___ |