| EISENACH | Town in the German state Thuringia that was the birthplace of Johann Sebastian Bach (8) |
| ERFURT | Capital of the German state Thuringia |
| BACHS | The two wives and 20 children of Johann Sebastian |
| OFFERING | See 20 Ac, Collection of musical pieces by Johann Sebastian Bach based on a theme by Frederick II of Prussia (3,7,8) |
| ORATORIO | 1734: "christmas ___" by Johann Sebastian bach |
| CHRISTMASORATORIO | Title of a composition by Johann Sebastian Bach based on the episodes of the story of the nativity ( |
| BONN | City on the banks of the Rhine in the German state of North Rhine Westphalia (4) |
| NUREMBERG | City in the German state of Bavaria noted as the site of post-war trials of Nazi war criminals (9) |
| KARISRUHE | The second-largest city in the German state of Baden-Wurttemberg (9) |
| FRANKFURT | The most populous city in the German state of Hesse (9) |
| WEIMAR | City in Thuringia, Germany, that gave its name to the republic that replaced the German Empire in 1919 |
| WELLTEMPERED | The ___, 1722 collection of keyboard works by Johann Sebastian Bach (4-8,7) |
| SCHUTZ | Heinrich ___, German composer and organist regarded as the most important German composer before Johann Sebastian Bach |
| THEMUSICAL | And 24 Ac, Collection of musical pieces by Johann Sebastian Bach based on a theme by Frederick II of Prussia (3,7,8) |
| THEMUSICALOFFERING | Collection of musical pieces by Johann Sebastian Bach based on a theme by Frederick II of Prussia |
| OSNABRUCK | City in the German state of Lower Saxony (9) |
| KIEL | City in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein (4) |
| LEIPZIG | Most populous city in the German state of Saxony (7) |
| DRESDEN | Capital city of the German state of Saxony, heavily bombed at the end of WWII (7) |
| CELLO | Instrument used for a set of six solo compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach including Suite No. 1 in G Major (5) |
