| JOSE | ___ MartA-, one of whose poems is the basis for "Guantanamera" |
| OWEN | Wilfred, English writer some of whose poems were used in the Benjamin Britten choral work War Requie |
| ALFREDNOYES | English poet. short-story writer and playwright whose best-known poem is The Highwayman (6.5) |
| ALANIS | Singer Morissette whose music is the basis for the Broadway musical Jagged Little Pill |
| DOWSON | Member of the Rhymers' Club, also associated with the Decadent Movement, whose poems are the source of the phrases "gone with the wind" and "days of wine and roses" (6) |
| JERRYWEST | 1960-74 Los Angeles Lakers point guard whose silhouette is the basis for the NBA logo (5,4) |
| STUART | His painting is the basis for Washington's portrait on the dollar |
| ARTHUR | Dudley Moore comedy that is the basis for a 2011 remake starring Russell Brand (6) |
| LITTLEWOMEN | 1860s novel that is the basis for this puzzle's theme |
| THEHALFOFIT | Edmond Rostand's play Cyrano de Bergerac is the basis for this 2020 film written and directed by Alice Wu (3,4,2,2) |
| HANSCHRISTIANANDERSEN | Author, one of whose works is celebrated with a statue in the water by the Langelinie promenade in Copenhagen |
| CLAUDEMONET | French artist from one of whose works the term Impressionism is derived (6,5) |
| FERDINANDMAGELLAN | Portuguese explorer, one of whose ships was the first to circumnavigate the globe |
| EURASIAN | What describes a person, one of whose parents is European and the other Asian (8) |
| ARIZONA | US state, one of whose nicknames is 'the Apache State' (7) |
| SAN | Jose de ___ MartA-n, national hero of Argentina |
| ABBA | Group whose music is the basis of the Mamma Mia! movies |
| PROSERPINA | Ancient Roman goddess whose story is the basis of a myth of springtime |
| KEYS | Singer Alicia whose music is the basis of the musical "Hell's Kitchen" |
| PSALMTIME | When one of David's poems is sung in church? |
