| JOHANN | ___ Sebastian Bach, German composer born 1685 (6) |
| SCHUTZ | Heinrich ___, German composer and organist regarded as the most important German composer before Johann Sebastian Bach |
| HANDEL | German composer, George Frederick (1685-1759) (6) |
| ROLAND | Lully opera first performed at Versailles in 1685 (6) |
| BACH | Johann Sebastian, German composer born in 1685 (4) |
| NANTES | Law granting religious and civil liberties to French Protestants, enacted by Henry IV in 1598 and revoked by Louis XIV in 1685 (5,2,6) |
| EISENACH | City in Thuringia, central Germany, noted as the birthplace of Johann Sebastian Bach (1685) |
| PACHELBEL | Johann, German composer born in 1653 best known for his Canon in D Major (9) |
| CARLORFF | German composer born in 1895, noted for the cantata Carmina Burana (4,4) |
| HALLE | Eastern German city where Handel was born in 1685 |
| LEIPZIG | German city, Johann Sebastian Bach's home from 1723-1750 (7) |
| GUY | Battle Scars and Set in Stone singer, ___ Sebastian (3) |
| SAN | ___ Sebastian (resort city of Spain) |
| LIL | ___ Sebastian (name of a miniature horse in "Parks and Recreation") |
| OVETT | Steve ___, Sebastian Coe's former rival (5) |
| DANNY | ___ Sebastian, antiques expert on Bargain Hunt and Antiques Road Trip (5) |
| ORATORIO | 1734: "christmas ___" by Johann Sebastian bach |
| CHRISTMAS | - Oratorio ; composition by Johann Sebastian Bach (9) |
| FUGUE | Johann Sebastian Bach creation |
| SAMUELPEPYS | Naval administrator and MP for Harwich from 1685 to 1689 (6,5) |
