| STEPHENSONDHEIM | Writer of the musical Sunday in the Park with George which won the 1985 Pulitzer Prize for Drama |
| STUDSTERKEL | US author and broadcaster whose work The Good War: An Oral History of World War II won the 1985 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction |
| BONEPEOPLE | 'The ---', novel by Keri Hulme which won the 1985 Booker Prize (4,6) |
| IDLE | Eric ___, writer of the musical Spamalot and the oratorio Not the Messiah (4) |
| AMIEL | ___ Gladstone and Veda Hille (Canadian co-writers of the musical Onegin, a rockingly fresh adaptation of Alexander Pushkin's 19thcentury Russian story) |
| LARSON | Jonathan, writer of the musicals Rent and Tick, Tick... Boom! (6) |
| SONDHEIM | Pulitzer winner for "Sunday in the Park With George" |
| PAINTBRUSH | Prop for Seurat in "Sunday in the Park With George" |
| SEURAT | Subject of "Sunday in the Park With George" |
| PARASOL | "Sunday in the Park With George" prop |
| PICNICS | Has lunch in The Park with leaders of Parties in Coalition from Northern Ireland, with colleagues on both sides (7) |
| BLOODSIMPLE | The 2020 Sundance Film Festival begins on Jan. 23; this movie won the 1985 Grand Jury Prize there, launching the careers of the Coen Brothers |
| APIECEOFCAKE | A walk in the park with a hunk from Madeira? (1,5,2,4) |
| PARK | "Sunday in the ___ with George" (Sondheim musical) |
| PICNICLUNCH | Sunday-in-the-park repast |
| EASYRIDER | Picture a walk in the park with cyclist |
| SWINGS | Might they hang around in the park with southern fried chicken? |
| IRA | Winner of 1932 Pulitzer Prize for drama for Of Thee I Sing, the first musical to win, lyricist ... G |
| MARCCONNELLY | US winner of the 1930 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for the play The Green Pastures (4,8) |
| ZINDEL | Paul ?, author of 1971 Pulitzer Prize for Drama winner The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds (6) |
