| IRISHEYES | When ___ ___ Are Smiling, romanticised song first published in 1912 (5,4) |
| AMERICATHEBEAUTIFUL | Patriotic song first published as a poem July 4, 1895 |
| TARZANOFTHEAPES | Story by Edgar Rice Burroughs first published in 1912 (6,2,3,4) |
| PRAVDA | Russian newspaper first published in 1912 whose name means 'truth' |
| BLUESKIES | What are "smiling at me" in an Irving Berlin classic |
| ITSYBITSY | --- --- Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini, song first released in 1960 by Brian Hyland (4,5) |
| DARTAGNAN | Shoot a grand old family member romanticised by Dumas |
| LOVEHURTS | Much-covered song first recorded by the Everly Brothers |
| IDEALISED | Lied about a side being romanticised (9) |
| SANTABABY | Holiday song first popularized by Eartha Kitt |
| EYES | "When Irish ___ are smiling..." |
| SEEMS | "When Irish hearts are happy; All the world ... bright and gay; And when Irish eyes are smiling; Sur |
| DEATHINVENICE | Book written by German author Thomas Mann and published in 1912 (5,2,6) |
| LILT | "In the ___ of Irish laughter you can hear the angels sing", When Irish Eyes are Smiling. (4) |
| IRISH | Song, "When ... Eyes are Smiling" |
| IRISE | Bit of Anne Murray cover"Danny's Song": "And in the morning when _ ___..." |
| FROSTY | The snowman in a Christmas song first recorded by Gene Autry in 1950 |
| GIANTSTEPS | 1979 song lyrics: ___ ___ are what you take, walking on the moon (5,5) |
| THEBOYS | _ _ Are Back In Town, Thin Lizzy classic (3,4) |
| HANDS | "His clothes are dirty but his _ _ _ _ _ are clean", from Bob Dylan's "Lay Lady Lay" (5) |
