| COPLAND | Aaron, U.S. composer noted for Appalachian Spring (7) |
| BURR | Aaron, U.S. vice president who narrates the stage musical Hamilton (4) |
| BARBER | Samuel, U.S. composer noted for his Adagio For Strings (6) |
| ANGELO | ____ Badalamenti, late U.S. composer noted for collaborating with filmmaker David Lynch (6) |
| GERSHWIN | George, U.S. composer noted for works including the jazz standard I Got Rhythm (8) |
| MANCINI | Henry, U.S. composer who wrote The Pink Panther Theme for the 1963 film of the same name (7) |
| RODGERS | Richard, U.S. composer of the musical On Your Toes (7) |
| MIRANDA | Lin-Manuel, U.S. composer and playwright of Hamilton (7) |
| STEPHEN | --- Sondheim, U.S. composer (7) |
| RAGTIME | King Of ____ , nickname of U.S. composer and pianist Scott Joplin born in 1868 (7) |
| GIVESIN | Consumed by booze, U.S. composer surrenders (5,2) |
| DIVESIN | U.S. composer, surrounded by noise, starts eating (5,2) |
| DEBUSSY | 's composer |
| IRVINGBERLIN | U.S. composer of musicals noted for Annie Get Your Gun (6,6) |
| BERNSTEIN | U.S. composer, one revered in Swiss city, has tips for inclusion (9) |
| IVES | Charles, U.S. composer of 1915's Concord Sonata (4) |
| KERN | Jerome, U.S. composer for musical theatre, born in 1885 (4) |
| ARCHIVES | Playful U.S. composer's records (8) |
| CROPLAND | River dividing U.S. composer's farming area (8) |
| GLASS | U.S. composer's drinking vessel (5) |
