| NADIA | Composer and conductor Boulanger who taught, among others, Aaron Copland, Philip Glass, and Quincy Jones |
| RUMI | Poet whose work was set to music by Philip Glass and Robert Wilson in the chamber opera "Monsters of Grace" |
| EMMABOVARY | Fictional character who has affairs with Rodolphe Boulanger and Leon Dupuis |
| 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) |
| NASTASSJA | Kinski who's had relationships with Roman Polanski and Quincy Jones |
| JOANTOWER | Composer who referenced Aaron Copland in Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman |
| PHOTOGRAPHER | The ___, 1982 mixed media performance piece by composer Philip Glass about Eadweard Muybridge (12) |
| JONESES | Aspiring to level of Tom, Jade and Quincy? (7,2,4,3,7) |
| KEEPINGUP | Aspiring to level of Tom, Jade and Quincy? (7,2,4,3,7) |
| WITHTHE | Aspiring to level of Tom, Jade and Quincy? (7,2,4,3,7) |
| BILLYTHEKID | 1938 ballet by Aaron Copland about an American frontier outlaw and gunman |
| BOOKOFLONGING | What is the title of the song cycle by Philip Glass that is based on the poetry of Leonard Cohen and |
| CANDYMAN | 1992 horror film, based on the short story The Forbidden by Clive Barker, that was scored by Philip Glass |
| SATYAGRAHA | 1979 opera by Philip Glass loosely based on the life of Mahatma Gandhi (10) |
| THEBEACH | 'Einstein On The ***** ', opera by Philip Glass that premiered in 1976 (3,5) |
| EINSTEIN | ____ On The Beach, opera by Philip Glass first performed in 1976 (8) |
| NADIAS | Comaneci and Boulanger |
| EMMY | Award won by Mike Post and Quincy Jones |
| MIDDLENAMES | Baines and Quincy |
| MES | TV Drs. Isles and Quincy |