- CATS
- Jazz players
- Long-running Broadway show
- Garfield and Arlene
- Garfield and Nermal
- Hipsters
- Long running musical
- Jellicle Ball musical
- Felix and Garfield
- Musical based on Eliot poems
- 2020 Golden Raspberry Worst Picture winner
- Pussies
- 2019 movie musical that one reviewer called "a purr-fectly dreadful hairball of woe"
- [1981 musical previously here, until 27-Across 117-Across]
- Ailurophobe's fear
- Broadway's all-time champ
- Tabbies
- There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and ___. (Albert Schweitzer)
- Cougars
- Memory musical
- Big hit in the Big Apple
- Broadway hit
- Half of this puzzle's competitors
- Hep dudes
- Ocelot and serval
- Record holder before "Phantom"
- Broadway blockbuster
- Domestic critters
- Pets for Hellboy
- Laser light chasers
- Musical based on a T.S. Eliot book
- T.S. Eliot-inspired musical
- Jazz aficionados, slangily
- Musical with Skimbleshanks
- They say "yaong", according to Koreans
- Andrew Lloyd Webber musical
- Broadway show based on work by T. S. Eliot
- Black Halloween critters
- Felines
- Lloyd Webber musical
- Musical featuring Mungojerrie and Rum Tum Tugger
- Panthers, jaguars, etc.
- Memories show
- Rodent exterminators
- Andrew Lloyd Webber smash
- Beatniks
- Longest-running Broadway show
- Meowsical?
- Scratching post users
- Broadway's Grizabella and Macavity
- Lions and tigers
- Andrew Lloyd Webber hit
- Be-boppers
- Jazz devotees
- Some Persians and Abyssinians
- Burmese and others
- Jazz players, slangily
- Musical that introduced "Memory"
- Musical with Grizabella and Macavity
- Gillespie and Parker, slangily
- Lions and tigers, not bears (oh my!)
- Litter box users
- Sylvester, Garfield, et al.
- Trouble causers in "Lady and the Tramp"
- Persians and Siamese
- Broadway meowers
- Lloyd Webber hit
- Long-running B'way show
- Popular pets
- Siamese and Maine coon
- Tigers and tabbies
- Musical with the song "Memory"
- Musical with the character Jennyanydots
- Siamese, e.g.
- Musical with the character Bustopher Jones
- Musical with Rum Tum Tugger and Mungojerrie
- Adult 43-Acrosses
- Phantom surpassed it as the longest-running Broadway musical
- Mungojerrie and Rumpelteazer musical
- Broadway's second-longest-running show
- Musical with Grizabella and Growltiger
- Felix and Sylvester
- Mouse catchers
- Half of a downpour?
- Musical with Mungojerrie
- Maine Coon and Manx
- Some Siamese
- Sylvester and Garfield
- Some strays
- Jazz lovers
- Subjects of many viral online videos
- Reflective semiprecious stone
- Sylvester and others
- Best Musical Tony winner after "Nine"
- Title pets in a Lilian Jackson Braun mystery series
- Webber musical based on Eliot poems
- Pets in a Lilian Jackson Braun mystery series
- Pets who may squeeze into shoeboxes
- The Jellicle Ball musical
- Movie musical starring Judi Dench and Idris Elba
- Broadway hit since '82
- Broadway's longest-running musical
- Jazz fans
- Some house pets
- Musical featuring "Memory"
- Musical inspired by Eliot
- Musical that opened in 1982
- Russian blue and Scottish fold
- Phantom . . . broke its Broadway-run record
- Broadway closing of 2000
- Purring pets
- Mousers
- Maltese and Manx
- Garfield and Sylvester
- Cool dudes
- Household pets
- Felix, Garfield et al.
- Lloyd Webber score
- Pets that purr
- Broadway debut of '82
- They dig jazz
- 1982 Best Musical Tony winner
- Eliot-inspired musical
- Olivier Award winner of 1981
- Persians and Angoras
- Lynxes and leopards
- Shelter adoptees
- Show with Eliot-ness
- Siamese or Persian pets
- Tigers and panthers
- Lions and leopards
- Pets that meow
- Urban howlers
- Phantom . . . surpassed its Broadway longevity record
- Its run topped "A Chorus Line"
- Lloyd Webber Broadway score
- Musical with "Memory"
- Pumas and panthers
- Users of scratching posts
- Leopards and lions
- Many animal toons
- Hurricane classes, familiarly
- Long-lived Winter Garden hit
- Notable Broadway debut of 10/7/82
- The longest-running show in Broadway history
- Andrew Lloyd Webber show that ran for 7,485 performances on Broadway
- Purrers.
- Spiteful women.
- Animated mouse traps.
- Tackles for hoisting anchors.
- Kilkenny scrappers.
- Witches' familiars.
- Lions.
- Siamese, Manx, etc.
- Small sailboats.
- Hep ones love jive.
- Part of a heavy rain.
- Half of a heavy downpour.
- Persians.
- Renowned Kilkenny battlers.
- Swing musicians.
- Leopards.
- Real cool characters.
- Tortoise shells.
- Grimalkins.
- Kilkenny fighters.
- Ocelots.
- Original bird watchers.
- Sacred animals of Egypt.
- Jaguars.
- Siamese ___.
- The cool people.
- Broadway smash since 1982
- Margays
- Musical from a T. S. Eliot book
- Webber musical
- Black ___.
- Felix and others.
- Type of cradle.
- Cheetahs.
- Hot jazz devotees.
- Siamese.
- Sailboats.
- Circus animals.
- Kind of cradle.
- Certain circus performers.
- Characters: Slang.
- Guys.
- Half a heavy rainstorm.
- Jazz hounds.
- Jazz players: Slang.
- Persons, to jazz lovers.
- ___ cradle.
- Jazz buffs.
- Real swingers.
- Circus performers.
- House pets.
- Alley dwellers
- Small boats
- Toms
- ___ pajamas
- Spiteful ones
- Gossips
- Persian and alley
- Kind of pajamas
- Part of a heavy-rain pair
- Persians, etc.
- Tigers et al.
- Alley and cool
- Pets
- Ailurophobes' dreads
- Vonnegut's "___ Cradle"
- Hep ones
- Ailurophiles' pets
- Caracals
- Clowder members
- Members of a clowder
- Alley denizens
- Broadway musical
- Lynx and manx
- Broadway hit since 1982
- Broadway hit: 1982
- Hit musical
- Isis's sacred pets
- Musical based on an Eliot work
- Broadway musical hit
- Long-run Broadway musical
- Long-running Broadway hit
- ___ Cradle: Vonnegut
- Broadway musical since 1982
- Musical inspired by T. S. Eliot
- T. S. Eliot characters
- Margays and civets
- Broadway hit based on a T. S. Eliot work
- Broadway hit inspired by T.S.E.
- T. S. Eliot subjects
- They may be Siamese
- Musical that opened 10/7/82
- 1983 Tony musical
- Jive men
- Jivers
- Alley tally
- Familiars, often
- Notable opening of 10/7/82
- Siamese and Persian
- See 46-Across
- Noted debut of 10/7/82
- See 48-Down
- Cool ones
- Broadway debut of 10/7/82
- Broadway hit with 7,000+ performances
- Noted Broadway debut of 10/7/82
- See 3-Down
- Jaguars, e.g.
- Longest-running show in Broadway history until 1/9/06
- Meowers
- Cool guys
- Musical with the song "Mr. Mistoffelees"
- Boppers
- Broadway smash whose poster image consisted of just two eyes
- Musical with Mungojerrie and Jennyanydots
- Tigers, e.g.
- *Jazz devotees, informally
- 1983 Tony-winning musical
- Jazz musicians
- Burmese and Himalayans
- Jazzmen
- Musical with Rum Tum Tugger
- 2019 musical film with a substantial C.G.I. component
- 2019 box-office flop described by one critic as "Les Meowsérables"
- Musical featuring the Jellicle Ball
- Old Possum's Book of Practical ___ (T. S. Eliot collection)
- Musical whose name is an anagram of the members of a musical
- Revered animals in ancient Egypt
- Subjects of many viral videos
- Creatures mummified in ancient Egypt
- Scratching post scratchers
- Musical featuring Mungojerrie
- Rat hunters
- Lynxes, e.g.
- Feline musical
- The Cure "All ___ are Grey"
- New York City closing of June 25, 2000
- 2019 film in which Taylor Swift has one line of dialogue
- New York City loss of Sept. 10, 2000
- Jellicle Ball attendees
- It's ending in June
- Musical that ran 18 years
- 2019 film flop based on a Broadway musical based on a T. S. Eliot poetry collection
- Stars of many viral videos
- Broadway musical with the characters Rum Tum Tugger and Mr. Mistoffelees
- Sylvester and Garfield, e.g.
- Hit Broadway musical
- Dudes, to Sammy Davis, Jr.
- Hep jazz fans
- Memory show
- Feline Broadway show
- Long-running Broadway musical
- Broadway's longest-running show
- Noted Broadway debut, October, 1982
- Popular musical
- Russian Blue, Havana Brown, etc.
- Musical that opened in 1981
- Half of the pairs in a downpour?
- Once Broadway's longest-running show
- 1983 Tony best musical
- Broadway show about felines
- Some pets
- Broadway stage hit
- Manx and Angora
- Common pets
- Garfield and Heathcliff
- Jazzy animals?
- Rum Tum Tugger's musical
- Long-running Broadway play
- Many YouTube stars
- Indoor or outdoor pets
- Musical with feline characters
- 2019 film with "digital fur technology"
- Musical based on T.S. Eliot poems
- Notoriously finicky pets
- 2019 live-action film that critics pounced on
- Pouncing pets
- The Jellicle Ball's musical
- Their smell scares mice
- Angoras e.g.
- Dudes '60s style
- Musical from London
- Top Broadway hit
- Broadway show
- Persian and Manx
- They're hep
- 1983 Tony winner
- Russian Blue and Havana Brown
- Some have nine tails
- It features "Memory"
- Musical that opened in London in 1981
- Play with "Memory"
- Cool guys, to Sammy Davis Jr.
- It debuted on Broadway in October 1982
- Lions, panthers and jaguars, e.g.
- Margays, e.g.
- Musical with Grizabella
- Pets in viral YouTube videos
- 2019 movie featuring Jennifer Hudson as Grizabella
- Leopards and lynxes
- Musical centered around the Jellicle Choice
- Musical with Rumpleteazer
- Musical with the characters Skimbleshanks and Mr. Mistoffelees
- Divine animals in ancient Egypt
- Lions and tigers, e.g.
- Litter box visitors
- Animals revered in ancient Egypt
- Meowing pets
- Scratching post visitors
- Khao Manees, tabbies, etc.
- Lions and tigers, but not bears
- Pets that use scratching posts
- Pets that, according to a meme, can have a little salami as a treat
- Old Possum's Book of Practical ___
- Pets that lie on paper
- Show featuring Rum Tum Tugger and Grizabella
- It closed in September 2000
- Memory play?
- Musical set in a junkyard
- Jellicle Choice musical
- Musical that includes "The Song of the Jellicles"
- Musical featuring the Jellicle tribe
- Show whose characters include Pouncival and Jellylorum
- Broadway debut of October 1982
- Friskies fans
- Mouse chasers
- Show whose characters include Macavity, Mungojerrie and Mr. Mistoffelees
- Some do laps
- Persian and Siamese
- 2019 movie musical flop
- Calicos and tabbies
