| LYRICS | Cyril's composed the words for the songs (6) |
| SAMMYCAHN | Professional name of U.S. lyricist who wrote the words for the song High Hopes (5,4) |
| VICTOR | Name the word for the letter 'V' in the standard phonetic alphabet (6) |
| ASIDES | Actors words for the audience only, for instance, full of arrogance (6) |
| SCRIPT | Words for the actors put in writing (6) |
| KEY | Francis Scott ___ wrote the words for the American national anthem, the Star-Spangled Banner. (3) |
| SPIRITUS | The hymn "Veni Creator ____" provides the words for the first movement of Mahler's eighth symphony |
| WOOF | One of the words for the threads woven with the warp to form cloth (4) |
| NIPPON | Japanese name for Japan, derived from the words for 'sun' and 'origin' (6) |
| PARCEL | Portion of land; or, one of the words for a group of penguins other than a waddle, huddle or creche (6) |
| FLIGHT | Tail of a dart; series of steps or canal locks; or, one of the words for a flock of doves or swallows (6) |
| LUTIST | One of the words for a musician who plays an ancient type of pear-shaped stringed instrument (6) |
| PAROLE | The word for freedom (6) |
| SESAME | Just the word for opening time (6) |
| ESPANA | What is the word for Spain in Spanish? (6) |
| MYRIAD | Word for "large number" that comes from the word for "ten thousand" in Greek |
| BOTTLE | Narrow-necked vessel from whose name the word for a sommelier, wine steward or more specifically a "butler" in charge of a cellar's flasks derives (6) |
| EM | The word for the 13th letter of the alphabet (2) |
| EN | The word for the 14th letter (2) |
| THEATRICAL | Histrionic is the word for the trial, a leading Counsel would reveal . (10) |
