| NEDROREM | U.S. COMPOSER |
| ARCHIVES | Playful U.S. composer's records (8) |
| GLASS | U.S. composer's drinking vessel (5) |
| IVES | Charles, U.S. composer of 1915's Concord Sonata (4) |
| CROPLAND | River dividing U.S. composer's farming area (8) |
| CHARLESJIVES | Jazzy U.S. composer? |
| STRAVINSKY | Russian-born U.S. composer |
| SOUSA | U.S. composer of marches (5) |
| COLEPORTER | U.S. composer/lyricist (4,6) |
| STEPHEN | --- Sondheim, U.S. composer (7) |
| CAGE | John ---, U.S. composer (4) |
| RODGERS | Richard, U.S. composer of the musical On Your Toes (7) |
| GIVESIN | Consumed by booze, U.S. composer surrenders (5,2) |
| DIVESIN | U.S. composer, surrounded by noise, starts eating (5,2) |
| BARBER | Samuel, U.S. composer noted for his Adagio For Strings (6) |
| IRVINGBERLIN | U.S. composer of musicals noted for Annie Get Your Gun (6,6) |
| STARWARS | U.S. composer John Williams wrote the scores for the nine main films in this sci-fi film series (4,4) |
| PORGYANDBESS | Opera by U.S. composer George Gershwin that premiered in 1935 (5,3,4) |
| COPLAND | Aaron, U.S. composer noted for Appalachian Spring (7) |
| MIRANDA | Lin-Manuel, U.S. composer and playwright of Hamilton (7) |
