| IVORNOVELLO | Songwriting award established in 1955, named after the Welsh composer (4,7) |
| NOVELLO | Surname of the Welsh composer born David Ivor Davies |
| PUSHKINPRIZE | Russian literary award established in 1881 |
| IVOR | - - - Novello, prestigious songwriting award (4) |
| NOBELPRIZE | Any one of the six annual awards established from the funds bequeathed by the chemist who invented dynamite (5,5) |
| NOBEL | Prestigious award established after its founder purportedly read his premature obituary |
| ALUNHODDINOTT | Welsh composer (1929-2008) after whom a concert hall in Cardiff is named |
| OBE | Award established by George V (1,1,1) |
| ROSETTE | Award established to break mechanical repetition (7) |
| TINPANALLEY | Manhattan strip synonymous with the golden age of American songwriting |
| ADOLPHGREEN | Betty Comden's partner in songwriting |
| DSOS | Mil. awards established by Queen Victoria |
| MAURICEGIBB | With his brothers Robin and Barry he formed a Grammy-winning singing/songwriting trio (7,4) |
| NOVELLA | Welsh composer spurning love ___ a brief story (7) |
| WILLIAMMATHIAS | Welsh composer (1934-1992) of This Worldes Joie and Lux Aeterna |
| BACH | Small Welsh composer |
| SWANN | Welsh composer, musician and entertainer who wrote and performed comic songs with Michael Flanders (6,5) |
| DONALD | Welsh composer, musician and entertainer who wrote and performed comic songs with Michael Flanders (6,5) |
| EGOT | Award quartet achieved most recently by the songwriting team of Pasek and Paul, in 2024: Abbr. |
| WATERMAN | Stock Aitken ____, UK songwriting and production trio with great success in the 1980s (8) |
