| SIRTOBYBELCH | Uncle of Olivia in Twelfth Night who plays tricks on Malvolio (3,4,5) |
| PRANKSTERS | Those who play tricks on mischievous persons |
| COUNTESS | Olivia in "Twelfth Night," e.g. |
| CROSSGARTERED | Fashion enjoined on Malvolio (5-8) |
| HOODWINK | No kid who plays trick (8) |
| MALVOLIO | Steward of Olivia in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night (8) |
| ORSINO | Character in Twelfth Night who says the line 'If music be the food of love, play on' (6) |
| OLIVIA | Character in Twelfth Night who falls in love with Viola (6) |
| TWELFTHNIGHT | Malvolio play |
| CONJURE | Play tricks on jury endlessly in case, as left out (7) |
| RAGAMUFFINS | Guttersnipes play tricks on a number of sweet cakes |
| FOOLHARDY | It's inadvisable to play tricks on author of classics (9) |
| VIOLA | Twin sister of Sebastian in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, who masquerades as Cesario (5) |
| COMEDY | Countess Olivia and Malvolio, easily deceived? Yes at first, in Twelfth Night perhaps |
| HERBIE | Hancock who was one of the five performers at the Grammys last night who honored the late Quincy Jones, who passed away in November |
| THOMPSON | Athlete who, at the 1984 Olympics, won the decathlon gold medal for the second time; or, an actress who starred in a television adaptation of Olivia Manning's Fortunes of War (8) |
| BELCH | Sir Toby, uncle to Olivia in the Shakespeare play Twelfth Night (5) |
| TOBYBELCH | Uncle to Olivia in the Shakespeare play Twelfth Night (4,5) |
| SOME | "_ are born great, _ achieve greatness, and _ have greatness thrust upon them": Malvolio, in Twelfth Night (4) |
| VANGOGH | Vincent ___ Dutch painter of The Starry Night who was also one of the influential figures of Western Art: 2 wds. |
