| LIBERACE | US pianist noted for his trademark candelabrum who died in 1987 (8) |
| COOPER | Tommy, British comedian born in 1921 noted for his trademark fez (6) |
| FREDERIC | ____ Chopin, Polish French composer and pianist noted for his solo piano pieces (8) |
| DANROWAN | Comedy partner of Dick Martin who died in 1987 |
| FATSDOMINO | Byname of U.S. singer and pianist noted for his recording of Blueberry Hill in 1956 (4,6) |
| ERIK | French composer and pianist noted for his deliberately absurd titles, e.g. 1912's True Flabby Preludes (For a Dog) (4) |
| SATIE | French composer and pianist noted for his deliberately absurd titles, e.g. 1912's True Flabby Preludes (For a Dog) (5) |
| BELABARTOK | Hungarian composer and pianist noted for his opera Duke Bluebeard's Castle (4,6) |
| DUDLEY | ____ Moore, actor and pianist noted for his comic partnership with Peter Cook (6) |
| SCHIFF | Hungarian-born British concert pianist noted for his interpretations of the music of Bach, Beethoven, Janacek, Schubert and Schumann (6) |
| GROUCHOMARX | US comedian who made 13 feature films with his siblings, known for his trademark cigar and thick moustache (7,4) |
| HERMAN | Woody, US swing bandleader who died in 1987 (6) |
| ORBISON | Singer known for his trademark dark glasses and nicknamed The Big O, Roy ... |
| JOBS | Steve, the late tech titan known for his trademark black turtlenecks (or occupations, odd or otherwise) |
| NELSON | __ Muntz, Simpson's character known for his trademark "ha-ha" (6) |
| HESS | Myra **** , pianist noted for her lunchtime concerts in the National Gallery during the Second World War (4) |
| IMOGEN | ____ Cooper, English pianist noted for her interpretations of Schubert and Schumann (6) |
| DUPRE | Jacqueline ___, British cellist who died in 1987 (2,3) |
| RUDOLF | Egypt-born German Nazi leader who died in 1987 (6,4) |
| SEGOVIA | Andres ___, Spanish classical guitarist who died in 1987 (7) |
