Circe's island (also I-V-I-V-I in a key with 3 sharps)
12A
Sill
13A
"Glengarry Glen Ross" playwright
14A
Literary monogram
15A
Domingo of opera renown
17A
John ___, avant garde composer/saxophonist (contained in "That's my razor, Nana")
19A
Alligator shirts
20A
Berg opera deemed "arguably the most important opera composed in the first half of the 20th century."
22A
Tight curls
23A
Kush ___ (common names for cannabis delivery services)
26A
Posh people, slangily
28A
Frasier's producer, in "Frasier"
29A
Common barbeque site
30A
N.W.A. leader
32A
Precipitous
33A
"___ The Girls I've Loved Before" (Julio Iglesias)
34A
CCCP=U___
35A
First nonhuman Disney princess
Down
1D
Strauss specialty
2D
"You ___ Beautiful" (Joe Cocker)
3D
Guarantees payment
4D
Job, to a musician
5D
Uriah ____ (British metal band that started in 1969 and is still around, or Dickensian antagonist who lives on in the pages of "David Copperfield")
6D
Gary ___ (bassist who played with Bill Evans, Herbie Hancock, Keith Jarrett, and countless others; also, NBC's streaming service)
7D
Long-time President of Afghanistan, who as far as I could tell has no musical track record despite having a Z in his name
8D
"Live at ___" (classic live album by The Who; also, ___ United, a Premier League team known as the 6 Downs6DGary ___ (bassist who played with Bill Evans, Herbie Hancock, Keith Jarrett, and countless others; also, NBC's streaming service)[-------])
10D
Astound
11D
From ___ B
16D
Singer/songwriter/flautist/life-affirmer Melissa Viviane Jefferson
18D
More like a thrash metal band
21D
Sharp-dressed men with long beards (except for the drummer, Frank Beard, who is beardless)
22D
Some Greek orgs.
24D
Singer Susan ___, whose career was launched by winning Britain's Got Talent)
25D
Long-time conductor of the Cleveland Symphony Orchestra, considered one of the greatest conductors of the 20th century