| IRVING | ____ Berlin, U.S. songwriter and composer born in 1888 whose songs included Puttin' on the Ritz (6) |
| LEHRER | Tom, The Elements U.S. songwriter and humorist (6) |
| BERLIN | Irving ___, US songwriter whose hits include Puttin' on the Ritz (6) |
| GIMBEL | Norman, U.S. songwriter who wrote the English lyrics to The Girl from Ipanema (6) |
| FORMBY | George, English comedian and ukulele player whose songs included Leaning On A Lamp-post (6) |
| LERNER | Alan Jay, U.S. songwriter who collaborated with Frederick Loewe on My Fair Lady (6) |
| MERCER | Johnny, lyricist and songwriter whose hit songs included Moon River (6) |
| NEWMAN | US singer-songwriter and composer, Randy _ (6) |
| NEWTON | Helmut ___, Berlin-born fashion photographer who died in 2004 (6) |
| QUINCYJONES | U.S. songwriter and record producer noted for producing the Thriller album (6,5) |
| BURTBACHARACH | U.S. songwriter and pianist born in 1928 who collaborated with lyricist Hal David (4,9) |
| ISAIAH | Sir ___ Berlin, philosopher and essayist (6) |
| LARIAT | What holds back stock song included by La Traviata's leads |
| IRVINGBERLIN | American composer and lyricist whose songs included 1942's White Christmas (6,6) |
| HARRYLAUDER | Scottish entertainer whose songs included I Love a Lassie and Roamin" in the Gloamin" (5,6) |
| TACO | He's puttin' on the ritz, 80's -style |
| APIANO | "I Love ___" (Berlin) |
| IVORNOVELLO | Welsh composer, singer and actor whose songs included Keep The Home Fires Burning (4,7) |
| SITS | "If you're blue and you don't know; Where to go to, why don't you go; Where fashion ...? Puttin' on the Ritz" |
| SPATS | What gaiters, fashionable in the 1920s, are mentioned in the song Putting on the Ritz ?(5) |