| KUBELIK | Alias used by "The Bear" on its filming notices, named for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra's fifth music director |
| BALLERINA | Everyone is captivated by the bear in break-dancer (9) |
| DENNISTHEMENACE | Comic book character who replaced Biffo the Bear on the front cover of The Beano in September 1974 |
| ENIS | Back selected as a 1998 first round draft pick by the Bears |
| CHI | City with the Bulls and the Bears on scoreboards |
| LUTOSLAWSKI | Polish composer Witold ____'s third symphony was premiered by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in 1983 |
| BARENBOIM | Daniel -, Argentina-born conductor and pianist; music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra from 1991-2006 (9) |
| GEORGSOLTI | Hungarian-born conductor who led the Chicago Symphony Orchestra from 1969 to 1991: 2 wds. |
| SOLTI | Georg ?, music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra from 1969-92 (5) |
| GEORG | Longtime conductor of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra |
| AGNES | Alias used by Kathryn Hahn's Agatha Harkness in the 2021 TV series WandaVision (5) |
| ARAMIS | Alias used by Rene d'Herblay, a character in The Three Musketeers (6) |
| ALEUTIAN | Name shared by island chain and heavyweight office car built by Pullman for the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, and now housed at the US National Museum of Transportation (8) |
| MADRID | European capital whose official symbol is a bear on its hind legs feasting on berries (6) |
| SMITHEE | Alan ?, alias used by film directors when they disown a project, as Dennis Hopper did with 1990's Catchfire (7) |
| CALI | State with a bear on its flag, for short |
| NAME | Pen ___ (alias used by an author) |
| OSAKA | Asian city with alias used by cartographers |
| CLARK | Alias used by Superman in Metropolis, ----- Kent (5) |
| NICKNAME | Alias used by friends |
