| BRECHT | German dramatist, Bertold, d. 1956 (6) |
| TOLLER | German dramatist - rings a bell? (6) |
| GOETHE | German dramatist best-known for Faust (6) |
| HEBBEL | German dramatist (1813-1863). |
| NOLDE | German expressionist painter briefly associated with Die Brucke, d. 1956 (5) |
| TATUM | Almost blind American jazz pianist Art, d. 1956 (5) |
| BEERBOHM | Max, English writer and caricaturist, d. 1956 (8) |
| REESE | Peanut Butter Cups bigwig, H B ___ (b 1879 - d 1956) |
| DELAMARE | Walter ___ , English poet, d. 1956 (2,2,4) |
| BIRDSEYE | Clarence -, frozen foods pioneer (d. 1956) (8) |
| KORDA | Hungarian-born British film director and producer, Alexander, d. 1956 (5) |
| MOTHERCOURAGE | Play by the German dramatist Bertolt Brecht (1939) (6,7) |
| BERTOLTBRECHT | 20th-Century German dramatist and poet who wrote The Threepenny Opera (7,6) |
| ECHT | Genuine old railway initially shunned by German dramatist |
| SPINECHILLER | German dramatist digesting long horror story |
| SCHILLER | German dramatist/poet |
| CHILLER | Hair-raiser German dramatist hasn't started (7) |
| LESSING | 18th century German dramatist (7) |
| WEDEKIND | German dramatist Frank ____'s best-known plays were the basis of Alban Berg's opera Lulu |
| SIVORI | 1956-57 Argentina, 1961-62 Italy and 1957-65 Juventus midfielder; 1961 Ballon d'Or winner (4,6) |
