| NICKCAVE | Australian singer/songwriter born in 1957 who fronts the rock band the Bad Seeds (4,4) |
| ARENA | Tina ___, Australian singer-songwriter born in 1967 (5) |
| CHARLOTTE | Identical twins Joel and Benji Madden front the rock band with the hit Keep Your Hands Off My Girl, |
| FALDO | Nick, English golfer born in 1957 who was a three-time British Open winner (5) |
| PAYNE | ____ Stewart, U.S. golfer born in 1957 who won three majors (5) |
| NELLIEKIM | Soviet gymnast born in 1957 who won five Olympic gold medals (6,3) |
| SIBELIUS | Finnish composer, 1865-1957, who has a widely-used scorewriting program named after him (8) |
| SPIKELEE | Director, born in 1957, whose films include BlacKkKlansman |
| FIELDING | Yvette, ex-Blue Peter presenter who fronts TV series Most Haunted (8) |
| SKELETON | Kind of tree grown from Bad Seeds? (8) |
| SAL | Australian alt-country singer, Kimber, who fronts The Rollin' Wheel (3) |
| GROGAN | Clare, Scottish actress and singer who fronts the new wave band Altered Images (6) |
| MILESHUNT | English singer-songwriter and guitarist who fronts The Wonder Stuff (5,4) |
| ADAMLAMBERT | Singer who fronts the band Queen (4,7) |
| CAVE | Nick _ and the Bad Seeds, Australian rock band (4) |
| NICK | The Bad Seed's Cave, the Christmas saint or the old one if it's the Devil |
| TERRYHALL | Singer who fronts The Specials and, formerly, Fun Boy Three |
| ICET | Rapper who fronts the heavy metal band Body Count: Hyph. |
| COCKER | Jarvis _, radio DJ who fronts the Britpop band Pulp (6) |
| TUCKER | Moe ___ American musician who was the drummer for the rock band The Velvet Underground |