100% | ROSSINI | 7 | "Otello" composer (born 2/29/1792) |
65% | KURTWEILL | 9 | Composer born March 2, 1900 |
52% | JIMMYDORSEY | 11 | Noted bandleader (born 2/29/1904) |
51% | GIUSEPPEVERDI | 13 | Italian composer who was born on October 10, 1813: 2 wds. |
50% | POPEPAULIII | 11 | Excommunicator of Henry VIII (born 2/29/1468) |
47% | WILLIAM | 7 | With 41-Across, director of "Wings" (born 2/29/1896) |
47% | ALROSEN | 7 | 1953 A.L. M.V.P. (born 2/29/1924) |
46% | ASTAR | 5 | "___ Is Born" (Lady Gaga movie): 2 wds. |
46% | HOAGYCARMICHAEL | 15 | Composer born Nov. 22, 1899 |
46% | TED | 3 | "___ 2" (2015 comedy sequel about a stuffed bear) |
45% | PEPPER | 6 | With 61-Across, 1930's Cardinals All-Star (born 2/29/1904) |
45% | ANN | 3 | With 12-Down, founder of the American Shakers (born 2/29/1736) |
43% | CLARKGABLE | 10 | Actor born 2/1/1901 |
43% | ABRAHAMLINCOLN | 14 | Notable born 2/12/1809 |
43% | CHARLESRDARWIN | 14 | Notable born 2/12/1809 |
42% | ASTAR | 5 | "___ Is Born": 2 wds. |
42% | QUINCYJONES | 11 | Composer who wrote "The Streetbeater," the theme song for 29-Across (2 wds.) |
42% | ASA | 3 | Hungry ___ bear: 2 wds. |
42% | MUHAMMADALI | 11 | Boxing legend born Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr. (1942-2016): 2 wds. |
42% | COLEPORTER | 10 | American composer known for 17-Across and 29-Across (2 wds.) |
41% | STEPHENSONDHEIM | 15 | Broadway composer (of 18-, 20-, and 57-Across) born 3/22/1930 |
41% | RICHARDRODGERS | 14 | Composer of the music for "Oklahoma!" (Oscar Hammerstein II wrote the lyrics): 2 wds. |
41% | WASA | 4 | "Fuzzy Wuzzy ___ bear ...": 2 wds. |
40% | LEONARD | 7 | With 60 Across, composer born August 25, 1918 |
39% | ENYA | 4 | Irish singer and film composer born Eithne Ni Bhraonain |
39% | DVORAK | 6 | Composer Antonín, born in Prague in 1841 |
39% | ASTAR | 5 | Bradley Cooper hit "___ Is Born": 2 wds. |
39% | FREDERICKLOEWE | 14 | Composer of the music for "My Fair Lady" (Alan Jay Lerner wrote the lyrics): 2 wds. |
39% | DRSEUSS | 7 | Writer born March 2, 1904 |
39% | OHMY | 4 | "Lions and tigers and bears, ___!": 2 wds. |