| COPLAND | Bobby left with American composer |
| CHICKENMARYLAND | Jessie, girl left with American dish (7,8) |
| DELIUS | Gourmet store with American composer (6) |
| PORTER | Drink with American composer (6) |
| STEINER | Max ---, Austrian-born American composer whose film scores include King Kong and Gone With The Wind (7) |
| DIMITRI | Russian-American composer and pianist who authored 1959 autobiography Please Don't Hate Me (7,7) |
| TIOMKIN | Russian-American composer and pianist who authored 1959 autobiography Please Don't Hate Me (7,7) |
| STRAUSS | Violins lacking depth without American composer (7) |
| ABRAHAM | American composer almost embracing a man (7) |
| MANCINI | Henry --, 1924-94, American composer (7) |
| SMETANA | In hospital, ran into an American composer (7) |
| CABBAGE | Cole, American composer, steals a couple of books (7) |
| MARLENE | The writer brings in American composer for Dietrich? (7) |
| CRESTON | Others coming in to study American composer (7) |
| RODGERS | Batons enthralling German and American composer (7) |
| BALLARD | Native American composer also known as Honganozhe, or "Grand Eagle" (7) |
| MENOTTI | Gian Carlo ___ (1911 - 2007), Italian-american composer, best known for his 25 operas (7) |
| LEONARD | American composer whose best-known work is the musical West Side Story, _ Bernstein (7) |
| CHARLES | American composer whose works include Second Piano Sonata: Concord |
| NATIVES | Residents picked up beat provided by American composer |
