| BILLYJOEL | Singer-songwriter and pianist born in 1949 who is nicknamed the Piano Man (5,4) |
| WATSON | Tom, U.S. golfer born in 1949 who won eight major championships (6) |
| RAINIER | III, ruling prince of Monaco from 1949 who died in 2005 (7) |
| ELTONJOHN | English singer-songwriter and pianist born Reginald Dwight in 1947 (5,4) |
| SEDAKA | Neil, singer/songwriter and pianist born in 1939, whose hit songs include Calendar Girl (6) |
| NINA | ____ Simone, singer-songwriter and pianist born in 1933 (4) |
| BURTBACHARACH | U.S. songwriter and pianist born in 1928 who collaborated with lyricist Hal David (4,9) |
| NEWJERSEY | U.S. state in which Bruce Springsteen was born in 1949 (3,6) |
| EMANUELAX | Grammy-winning pianist born in the U.S.S.R. |
| ASHKENAZY | Virtuoso pianist born in Russia in 1937 |
| NETANYAHU | Israeli Likud politician born in 1949 (9) |
| DOMINO | Fats, byname of U.S. singer and pianist born in 1928 who helped to define the New Orleans R&B sound (6) |
| CHOPIN | Frederic, composer and pianist born in 1810 noted for his preludes and etudes (6) |
| SIMONE | Nina, jazz singer and pianist born in Tryon, North Carolina (6) |
| SOLTI | Georg, Hungarian-born conductor and pianist born in 1912 (5) |
| ANDREPREVIN | Composer, conductor and pianist born in Berlin in 1929 (5,6) |
| FFRENCH | Alexis, classical and soul musician and pianist born in 1970 (7) |
| JERRYLEELEWIS | Late U.S. singer and pianist born in 1935, noted for his song Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On (5,3,5) |
| LAURA | American singer-songwriter and pianist whose albums include Eli and the Thirteenth Confession (5,4) |
| NYRO | American singer-songwriter and pianist whose albums include Eli and the Thirteenth Confession (5,4) |
