| OSSIAN | Irish bard whose works were supposedly translated by James Macpherson |
| BURNS | Celebrated annually with a supper on his birthday of January 25, Scotland's national bard whose poems include A Red, Red Rose and Ae Fond Kiss (5) |
| OSSIA | Irish bard detailed indication of a musical option (5) |
| OSSIANIC | Conservative in area is thus rejected, like an Irish bard |
| MOZART | Major composer whose works were catalogued by Ludwig von Kochel (6) |
| WOLFGANGAMADEUSMOZART | Composer whose works were catalogued by Ludwig von Kochel |
| SHOSTAKOVICH | Russian composer whose works were often denounced by Pravda, Dimitri - (12) |
| AESOP | Author whose works were fabulous! (5) |
| FRANZKAFKA | Novelist whose works were banned in his native land from 1968-'89 |
| BRANCUSI | Constantin, Romanian sculptor whose works were shown at the Armory Show in 1913 (8) |
| FAULKNER | William ..., US novelist whose works were set in the southern states |
| ALEICHEM | Author whose works were the inspiration for "Fiddler on the Roof" |
| DIX | German painter, prominent member of the 'New Objectivity' group, whose works were harshly critical of society in the Weimar Republic (4,3) |
| OTTO | German painter, prominent member of the 'New Objectivity' group, whose works were harshly critical of society in the Weimar Republic (4,3) |
| HERBERT | George ---, Welsh-born poet and Anglican priest whose works were published in the 1633 collection The Temple (7) |
| ASHES | After his death, Tupac Shakur's were supposedly mixed with marijuana and smoked |
| ADEN | Middle Eastern city where Cain and Abel were supposedly buried |
| SALT | What ancient Roman soldiers were supposedly paid in, hence the word "salary" |
| BRUTUS | Conspirator to whom Caesar's last words were supposedly spoken (6) |
| SEGOVIA | Spanish guitarist for whom many works were specially written (by Falla, etc.) (7) |
