| THESOUNDOFMUSIC | Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Do-Re-Mi" show, with a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| THEMANFROMUNCLE | Hit 1960's TV show with a hint to the nine starred clues in this puzzle |
| ADIEU | Leave-taking expression addressed 'to you and you and you' in Rodgers and Hammerstein's song So Long, Farewell (5) |
| NILE | Rodgers and Hammerstein's last Illinois performance. The end (4) |
| LILIOM | 1909 play by Ferenc Molnar, the basis for Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical Carousel (6) |
| PACIFIC | Bloody Mary sang of the mysterious island Bali Ha'i in Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical, South ... |
| ICAINTSAYNO | Song from Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical Oklahoma! sung by Polly (Connie Booth) in an episode of Fawlty Towers (1,5,3,2) |
| ISNT | Rodgers and Hammerstein's "___ It Kinda Fun?" |
| ADAME | Rodgers and Hammerstein's "There Is Nothing Like ___" |
| ANDI | Rodgers and Hammerstein's "The King ___" |
| CINDERELL | Rodgers and Hammerstein's only musical written for TV |
| SOUTH | *Rodgers' and Hammerstein's "___ Pacific" |
| OKLAHOMA | Rodgers & Hammerstein's musical where the wind comes sweeping down the plain |
| CAROUSEL | Rodgers & Hammerstein's second musical, which opened on Broadway in 1945 (8) |
| IOWAY | Rodgers & Hammerstein's "All I Owe ___" |
| EDELWEISS | Rodgers & Hammerstein's 'blossom of snow' (9) |
| DOREMI | Rodgers & Hammerstein's 1965 song of many notes? |
| CORNERSTONE | Where one might find a date ... with a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| BADBREAKUP | Messy end to a relationship, with a hint to this puzzle's shaded squares |
| DAT | Kern and Hammerstein's "Can't Help Lovin' ___ Man" |