| ROSIETHERIVETER | Per a 1942 song, "She's making history, working for victory" |
| WHITE | What the color of Bing Crosby's Christmas is in a 1942 song? |
| ELLA | She's making a come-back: that's the whole point (4) |
| DEBUTANTE | She's making her first appearance with a presentation stake |
| SPLASHES | Climbing mountains, she's making lead stories (8) |
| CROSBY | Bing, actor and singer noted for the 1942 song White Christmas (6) |
| SEAHAM | Small coastal town near Sunderland noted for its glass making history (6) |
| IMAC | Apple desktop once marketed with the Rolling Stones song "She's a Rainbow" |
| GOT | Billy Joel song, She's ... A Way |
| ALWAYS | Our star's song: She's - a Woman |
| FRIEL | Brian ___, author of the stage plays Making History and Dancing at Lughnasa (5) |
| ROLLS | Engineer who teamed up with Henry Royce - the rest is car-making history |
| THENEWYORKERCROSSWORD | 2021: Congratulations! Today, you are making history by conquering ___ (or so we hope!) |
| PAST | Father on street, making history (4) |
| IMET | "___Her on Monday" (1942 song) |
| WHITECHRISTMAS | 1942 song by Irving Berlin, sung by Bing Crosby, that is the world's best-selling single (5,9) |
| IHAD | "___ the Craziest Dream" (1942 song) |
| THIRDPERSON | He or she making appearance as first murderer also? |
| MYGALSAL | In song she was "a wild sort of devil, but dead on the level" |
| IDA | In song, she's 'sweet as apple cider' |
