| GRANDMAMOSES | US folk artist, d. 1961 (7,5) |
| MOSES | Grandma __, American folk artist, d. 1961 (5) |
| GEORGEFORMBY | Ukulele player from Lancashire, d. 1961 (6,6) |
| SALLYHAWKINS | British actress who portrays late nova Scotia folk artist Maud lewis in "Maudie" (2016): 2 wds. |
| WOODYGUTHRIE | 20th-Century US folk musician whose songs include This Land Is Your Land (5,7) |
| PORGYANDBESS | Classic US folk opera written by George and Ira Gershwin (5,3,4) |
| HEMINGWAY | US novelist, d. 1961 |
| NASH | English architect, d. 1835 - English war artist, d. 1946 (4) |
| JAMES | American humorous writer, d. 1961 (5,7) |
| BLAKE | English poet and artist, d. 1827 (5) |
| GRAINGER | Percy ___, Country Gardens composer, d. 1961 (8) |
| CARLJUNG | Swiss psychologist, d. 1961 (4,4) |
| COROT | Fr. landscape artist, d. 1875 |
| HOUDINI | Escape artist, d. 1926 (7) |
| DURER | German artist, d. 1528 (5) |
| IVES | US composer, d. 1954 - US folk singer, d. 1995 (4) |
| PETE | Folk artist Seeger |
| LEWIS | Nova Scotia folk artist Maud |
| MAUD | Canadian folk artist Lewis |
| BAEZ | Folk artist Joan |