| MAHNA | When doubled, the title (and one of only four words in the lyrics) of a Muppets song |
| SCOOTER | You can ride this standing up (it's also the name of a Muppets character) (7) |
| MONDEGREEN | Word, coined by writer Sylvia Wright in 1954 after misinterpreting a line in The Bonny Earl of Murray, for an often humorous or nonsensical phrase or "eggcorn" resulting from mishearing the lyrics of |
| RINSO | Detergent mentioned in the lyrics of a "Hair" song |
| SALT | First of four words in a Samin Nosrat cookbook title |
| JAMESCOCOROOS | Cereal featuring a "Muppets Take Manhattan" and "Man of La Mancha" actor on the box? |
| RISING | Ascendant, like four words in this puzzle |
| MAHNAMAHNA | Muppets song with nonsense lyrics |
| LOTI | Muppets song "There's a ___ Want to Know" |
| JOANRIVERS | American comedienne and TV personality who was one of only four Americans invited to the wedding of Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles in 2005 |
| TARKINGTON | Author of the Penrod stories and The Magnificent Ambersons, who is one of only four novelists to have won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction twice (10) |
| TROG | Caveman, for short (and the appropriate starting square of the parade route, which is actually the opening lyrics of a famous march from "The Music Man" ... you can try tracing it as it winds through |
| AULDLANGSYNE | Scottish phrase meaning "old long since" that was popularised by Robert Burns as the title and refrain of a song in 1788 and is sung on New Year's Eve to bid farewell to the old year ever since (4,4,4 |
| OLE | Spanish interjection that's the first word in the lyrics of the song Hot Hot Hot |
| LORDS | Ten of these are a-leaping in the lyrics of The Twelve Days Of Christmas song (5) |
| STPETERS | One of only four churches which have the rank of major basilica (2,6) |
| CALLINGBIRDS | Four such creatures feature in the lyrics of The Twelve Days of Christmas song (7,5) |
| NURMI | Pavvo -; nicknamed the "Flying Finn", one of only four athletes to win nine Olympic gold medals (5) |
| PRINCIPALCLAUSE | Part of a sentence as in the first four words of "You can solve this if you try" (9,6) |
| RAPIER | Which type of sword features in the lyrics of Whiskey in the Jar? (6) |
