| SENDINTHECLOWNS | Song written by U.S. composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim for his 1973 musical A Little Night Music (4,2,3,6) |
| INTHECLOWNS | Send ____, song written by Stephen Sondheim for the musical A Little Night Music (2,3,6) |
| WICKED | 2003 musical by US composer and lyricist Stephen Schwartz based on characters from L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (6) |
| TOWNOFBETHLEHEM | O Little ____, carol written by U.S. minister Phillips Brooks in 1868 (4,2,9) |
| PORGYANDBESS | Opera by U.S. composer George Gershwin that premiered in 1935 (5,3,4) |
| OLIVER | ****** Sacks, neurologist noted for his 1973 book 'Awakenings' (6) |
| THECLOWNS | Send In ___ ___: Stephen Sondheim song which appears in the musical A Little Night Music (3,6) |
| HYDERABAD | Indian city on the river Musi in the heart of the Telangana plateau: a major centre for the technology industry (9) |
| GIG | Musi-cian's job |
| SONDHEIM | Stephen, U.S. composer and lyricist who wrote the fairytale musical Into The Woods (8) |
| OBIE | 2009 award for Stephen Sondheim, for "Road Show" |
| REVUE | "Side by Side by Sondheim," for one |
| NIGHT | A Little - - - Music, 1973 musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim (5) |
| JOHNS | Glynis ___, 1973 Best Actress in a Musical Tony Award winner for A Little Night Music (5) |
| SEND | - in the Clowns, acclaimed song from Stephen Sondheim's A Little Night Music (4) |
| SERENADE | Musical composition such as Mozart's A Little Night Music or Elgar's one for strings |
| RAGTIME | King Of ____ , nickname of U.S. composer and pianist Scott Joplin born in 1868 (7) |
| MIRANDA | Lin-Manuel, U.S. composer and playwright of Hamilton (7) |
| CLOWNS | "Send in the ..." (from 'A Little Night Music' by Stephen Sondheim) |
| BEDROOMSUITE | A Little Night Music? For the rest of us, it's part of the furniture |
