| SCHNABEL | Pianist known for his Beethoven interpretations |
| ARRAU | Pianist known for his Beethoven interpretations |
| LIBERACE | Flamboyant pianist known for his camp, costumes and candelabra |
| GRIEG | Edvard ---, Norwegian composer and pianist known for his incidental music to Ibsen's Peer Gynt (5) |
| TATUM | Art ?, US jazz pianist known for his improvisation who died in 1956 (5) |
| MYRAHESS | English pianist known for her 'lunchtime concerts' during World War II (4,4) |
| HESS | Pianist known for her transcription of Bach's "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" |
| VICTOR | ____ Borge, Danish-American comedian and pianist known for 'phonetic punctuation' (6) |
| BORGE | Comic pianist known as "The Clown Prince of Denmark" |
| GOULD | Pianist Glenn known for his Bach interpretations |
| SCHIFF | Hungarian-born British concert pianist noted for his interpretations of the music of Bach, Beethoven, Janacek, Schubert and Schumann (6) |
| KLEMPERER | Otto, orchestral conductor born in 1885 best known for his interpretations of Beethoven (9) |
| SHAKESPEARE | The "father" of English Literature and prose. His plays often play with gender roles and leave room for queer interpretations. Wrote over half of his sonnets for "the fair youth." |
| PABLO | Spanish cellist Casals, famed for his Bach interpretations |
| ULANOVA | Known as the ballerina of the morning, dancer remembered for her interpretations of Swan Lake and Gi |
| GIELGUD | Oscar-, Emmy-, Grammy- and Tony Award-winning actor remembered for his resonant voice and interpretations of Shakespearean characters (7) |
| ANOUILH | Jean -; French dramatist noted for interpretations of Greek myths in his plays including Eurydice and Antigone (7) |
| GARDENCENTRES | Awful danger for rugby players producing their interpretations of Flower of Scotland, for instance (6,7) |
| IMOGEN | ____ Cooper, English pianist noted for her interpretations of Schubert and Schumann (6) |
| JOANNAMACGREGOR | Pianist and conductor born in 1959 noted for her interpretations of Bach (6,9) |
