| MACKTHEKNIFE | Song from Brecht and Weill's The Threepenny Opera (4,3,5) |
| ECHT | First two letters from Brecht could be authentic, according to German |
| COINOPERATED | Brecht/Weill's Threepenny piece oddly trendy as something to put cash into? |
| BEGGARSOPERA | Rich production that inspired Weill's low-budget version? |
| KURTWEILL | German composer who wrote the music for Bertolt Brecht's The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny and The Threepenny Opera |
| MACK | Written as part of Weill and Brecht's musical drama, The Threepenny Opera, was The Ballad Of ... The |
| THREEPENNY | 'The -- Opera' by Brecht and Weill is a version of Gay's The Beggar's Opera (10) |
| BRECHT | Playwright and poet who adapted John Gay's The Beggar's Opera into The Threepenny Opera with composer Kurt Weill (6) |
| KNIFE | Song from The Threepenny Opera that gave Bobby Darin a number one hit in 1959 (4,3,5) |
| MACKTHE | Song from The Threepenny Opera that gave Bobby Darin a number one hit in 1959 (4,3,5) |
| BERTOLTBRECHT | German dramatist whose works include The Threepenny Opera and Mother Courage and her Children (7.6) |
| MACKTHEK | Hit from 'The Threepenny Opera' |
| LENYA | Austrian singer and actress remembered for her performance in The Threepenny Opera, Lotte ... |
| WEILL | Kurt, German composer of music for Brecht's The Threepenny Opera (5) |
| MOTHERCOURAGE | '-- and Her Children', a play by Bertolt Brecht and Margarete Steffin (6,7) |
| HAPPYEND | 1929 opera by Elisabeth Hauptmann, Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill (5,3) |
| OPERA | The -, 1928 musical work by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill (10,5) |
| THREEPENNYOPERA | The ----/----, by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill (10,5) |
| KURT | Weill who composed "The Threepenny Opera" |
| ARIA | Lucy's solo in "The Threepenny Opera," e.g. |
