| JEROMEKERN | U.S. composer of musical comedy whose songs include The Song Is You and Ol' Man River (6,4) |
| SHOWBOAT | 1927 musical by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II whose songs include Make Believe and Ol' Man River (4,4) |
| HOOD | Thomas ___, English poet whose works include 'The Song of the Shirt' (1843) and 'The Bridge of Sighs' (1844) (4) |
| HAMLISCH | Marvin, U.S. composer of musical A Chorus Line (8) |
| IRVINGBERLIN | U.S. composer of musicals noted for Annie Get Your Gun (6,6) |
| NONONANETTE | 1925 musical comedy whose songs include Tea for Two and I Want to Be Happy |
| NANETTE | 1925 musical comedy whose songs include Tea for Two (2,2,7) |
| NONO | 1925 musical comedy whose songs include Tea for Two (2,2,7) |
| USAGE | What people say is 'You and me are getting older' |
| BONO | Lead singer on "All I Want Is You" and "One" |
| IRONMAIDEN | English heavy metal band whose songs include 'The Trooper' and 'Run for the Hills' (4,6) |
| BACKNUMBER | Bet the song is out-of-date (4,6) |
| EDWARDLEAR | 19th-century English humorist whose nonsense songs include The Jumblies (6,4) |
| COLPORTEUR | Bookseller quoted composer of musicals |
| COALPORTER | Composer of musicals' heard by fuel carrier (4,6) |
| SOUSA | John Philip, U.S. composer of the march The Stars and Stripes Forever (5) |
| LLOYD | Successful composer of musical theatre including Cats and The Phantom Of The Opera, Andrew ... Webbe |
| LEHRER | Tom, US humorist whose songs include The Masochism Tango and The Old Dope Peddler (6) |
| CATS | 1981 Andrew Lloyd Webber musical whose songs include 'The Rum Tum Tugger' and 'Memory' (4) |
| MARTHA | She is Paul McCartney's Old English Sheepdog, which inspired a Beatles' song on their White Album. The name of the song is "___ My Dear." |
