| Org. that publishes Playback magazine | 37 |
| Org. protecting music copyrights | 32 |
| Org. headed by Morton Gould | 27 |
| Org. founded by V. Herbert | 26 |
| Org. for one making an album of a cappellA | 42 |
| Org. for Cahn and Kahn | 22 |
| Org. for Berlin and Rome | 24 |
| Org. fighting pirates? | 22 |
| Org. concerned with composers' rights | 41 |
| Not BMI | 7 |
| Musicians' rights org. | 26 |
| Musicians' copyright grp. | 29 |
| Musical grp. | 12 |
| Musical copyright org. | 22 |
| Musical association | 19 |
| Musical assn. | 13 |
| Musical alternative to B.M.I. | 29 |
| Musical acronym | 15 |
| Music-licensing grp. | 20 |
| Music-biz acronym | 17 |
| Music writer's org. | 23 |
| Music royalty gp. | 17 |
| Music royalty enforcer | 22 |
| Music pub. org. | 15 |
| Music performance rights org. | 29 |
| Music org. since 1914 | 21 |
| Music licensing gp. | 19 |
| Music licensing fee-collecting org. | 35 |
| Music industry org. | 19 |
| Music industry gp. | 18 |
| Music grp. founded in 1914 | 26 |
| Music biz org. | 14 |
| Licensing fee collector, briefly | 32 |
| Label letters | 13 |
| Irving Berlin belonged to it | 28 |
| Grp. concerned with royalty | 27 |
| Gp. for Cahn and Kahn | 21 |
| Gp. co-founded by Victor Herbert | 32 |
| Entertainment acronym | 21 |
| Cousin of B.M.I. | 16 |
| Composers' org | 18 |
| Composers' grp. | 19 |
| Composers' acronym | 22 |
| Composers and publishers group: abbr. | 37 |
| Bruce Springsteen affiliation | 29 |
| B.M.I.'s rival | 18 |
| Assn. for Kern and Kahn | 23 |
| Arts acronym | 12 |
| Annual music awards group | 25 |
| Acronym on a CD | 15 |
| Abbr. on a platter | 18 |
| Abbr. on a CD | 13 |
| Climb | 5 |
| Scale | 5 |
| Skyrocket | 9 |
| Levitate | 8 |
| Gain altitude | 13 |
| Get higher | 10 |
| Move up the ladder | 18 |
| Go to a higher level | 20 |
| Approach the summit | 19 |
| Work one's way up | 21 |
| Lift off | 8 |
| Get high? | 9 |
| Emulate Hillary | 15 |
| Climb upward | 12 |
| Begin a mountaineering trek | 27 |
| Get high | 8 |
| Do some scaling | 15 |
| Succeed (to) | 12 |
| Rise in rank | 12 |
| Go higher | 9 |
| Get high, like Jesus | 20 |
| Takes off | 9 |
| Climbs | 6 |
| Rises | 5 |
| Gets high | 9 |
| Gains altitude | 14 |
| Does well | 9 |
| Climbs upward | 13 |
| Climbs up | 9 |
| Takes the high road | 19 |
| Scales, as a ladder | 19 |
| Rises slowly | 12 |
| Is caught up in the Rapture, e.g. | 33 |
| Way up | 6 |
| Inclination | 11 |
| Slope | 5 |
| Acclivity | 9 |
| Gradient | 8 |
| Trip to the top | 15 |
| Elevation | 9 |
| Upward slope | 12 |
| Trip up | 7 |
| Upward movement | 15 |
| Half a mountaineering expedition | 32 |
| Upward climb | 12 |
| Trip to the summit | 18 |
| Blastoff follower | 17 |
| Advancement | 11 |