| Whom People magazine once named the world’s “sexiest classical musician” | 84 |
| Well-known cello player | 23 |
| The Silk Road Ensemble musician | 31 |
| Sony Classical cellist | 22 |
| Player of the Davidov Stradivarius | 34 |
| Performer who has won 16 Grammys | 32 |
| One cello virtuoso | 18 |
| Noted cellist | 13 |
| Musician who won a 2011 Presidential Medal of Freedom | 53 |
| Musician who takes a bow | 24 |
| Musician heard in "Memoirs of a Geisha" | 49 |
| Multiple Grammy-winning cellist | 31 |
| Leader of the Silk Road Ensemble | 32 |
| His cello is named Petunia | 26 |
| He has a cello named Petunia | 28 |
| Eminent cellist | 15 |
| Classical musician whose career has had its ups and downs? | 58 |
| Chinese-American with 14 Grammys | 32 |
| Chinese-American virtuoso cellist | 33 |
| Cello fellow | 12 |
| Cellist with 16 Grammys | 23 |
| Cellist who performed at Steve Jobs's funeral | 49 |
| Cellist given the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2011 | 55 |
| Artist with the album "Vivaldi's Cello" | 53 |
| 1999 Glenn Gould Prize winner | 29 |
| "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" cellist | 50 |
| Duncan executive who really gets things done? | 45 |
| Household helper responsible for string toys? | 45 |
| Foolish Nintendo plumber? | 25 |
| One who's very good at rocking the cradle? | 46 |
| Playing two cellos at once, maybe? | 34 |
| Souped-up Duncan? | 17 |
| Stringed toys | 13 |
| Shows wild instability | 22 |
| Is wildly unstable | 18 |
| Fluctuates wildly | 17 |
| Toys that go around the world | 29 |
| Toys with strings | 17 |
| They're used to rock the cradle | 35 |
| Duncan toys | 11 |
| Toys that have their ups and downs | 34 |
| Duncan's Throw Monkey and Bumble Bee, for two | 49 |
| Up-and-down toys | 16 |
| Toys with finger loops | 22 |
| Toys that return | 16 |
| Toys that have you pulling strings | 34 |
| Toys that go around the world? | 30 |
| Toys that can be made to walk | 29 |
| Toys on a string | 16 |
| Toys bouncing on strings | 24 |
| They're used to walk the dog | 32 |
| They're used in walking the dog | 35 |
| They may walk the dog | 21 |
| They may give you many happy returns | 36 |
| They can sleep while you watch | 30 |
| They can sleep in midair | 24 |
| Stringy toys | 12 |
| Stringed playthings | 19 |
| Stringed instruments? | 21 |
| Shows great instability | 23 |
| People use them to walk the dog | 31 |
| Nerds, to Don Rickles | 21 |
| Has ups and downs? | 18 |
| Goes up and down and ... | 24 |
| Goes on and off diets, say | 26 |
| Duncan products | 15 |
| Dum-dums, to Rickles | 20 |
| "Walk the dog" performers | 35 |
| Cellist Ma's extinct birds? | 31 |
| Requirement for going around the world? | 39 |
| Part of a ''sleeping'' toy | 42 |
| What this puzzle's theme entries are | 40 |
| Rapper's greeting | 21 |
| Start of a Bernstein-Comden-Green hit: 1953 | 43 |
| Alpine song that goes up and down a lot? | 40 |
| "Oro ___" (Montana's motto) | 41 |
| Paraguay's largest lake | 27 |
| Possibilities in a 3-way armature | 33 |
| WWI Battlefield | 15 |
| WWI battle site in Belgium | 26 |
| Belgian city in W.W. I fighting | 31 |
| Belgian battle site | 19 |
| WWI Belgian battle site | 23 |
| Town destroyed during W.W. I | 28 |
| Site of several WWI battles | 27 |
| Ieper, to the French | 20 |
| Belgian city of WWI battles | 27 |
| Belgian city destroyed in WWI | 29 |
| Belgian battle site of WWI | 26 |
| Battle site: 1914–18 | 27 |
| WWI Belgian battlefield | 23 |
| WWI battleground | 16 |
| World War I battleground | 24 |
| West Flanders site of three W.W. I battles | 42 |
| W.W. I battle site in Belgium | 29 |
| W. W. I battle town | 19 |
| Town called leper by the Flemish | 32 |
| Town called Ieper by Belgians | 29 |
| Site of three WWI battles | 25 |
| Site of three World War I battles | 33 |