| THEBOXER | Simon and Garfunkel ballad that begins 'I am just a poor boy' (3,5) |
| BOXER | With "The," hit song that begins "I am just a poor boy and my story's seldom told" |
| APRIL | "___ Come She Will" (Simon & Garfunkel ballad) |
| SCIMITAR | Blade -- I am just the thing to open old wound (8) |
| BOYSCOUT | Young male member of a UK association with the motto "Be Prepared" and a vow that begins: "I promise |
| ANTIHERO | Taylor Swift hit that begins, "I have this thing where I get older, but just never wiser" |
| WALTZING | ____ Matilda, a bush ballad that has been called Australia's unofficial national anthem (8) |
| IBELIEVE | Frankie Laine ballad that spent a record 18 weeks at No 1 in 1953 |
| BADLYOFF | Poor boy -- lad's shattered by fines (5,3) |
| SEAFEVER | John Masefield's poem that begins, "I must go down to..." (3-5) |
| POORPOLL | 1921 Robert Bridges poem that begins: ' I saw it all ...' (4,4) |
| SABOTAGE | Beastie Boys song that begins "I can't stand it" |
| FOLKSONG | Ballad that has sprung from the community (4,4) |
| NEXTYEAR | Foo Fighters power ballad that was the theme song for the NBC sitcom "Ed" |
| OPENARMS | Journey power ballad that was covered by Mariah Carey |
| JAVAJIVE | Jazzy 1940 standard that begins "I love coffee" |
| FERNANDO | ABBA ballad that hit #13 in 1976 |
| ISA | "There ... house in New Orleans; They call the Rising Sun; And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy; And God, I know, I'm one" (2,1) |
| APOOR | "I am just _ ___ boy..." - Simon & Garfunkel, "The Boxer" |
| OATES | "I am just going outside and may be some time," were the last words of Scott's Antarctic companion i |
