| THECHAINGANG | Back On ___, song by The Pretenders that reached No. 17 in the UK charts in 1982 (3,5,4) |
| RHO | No. 17 in the Greek alphabet |
| POSERS | Pretenders that anagram to "spores" |
| AGOODTHING | Never Give Up On ___, song by George Benson that reached No. 14 in the UK charts in 1982 (1,4,5) |
| GETMEWRONG | Don't ____, song by The Pretenders, released in 1986 (3,2,5) |
| BRASS | Song by the Pretenders: "_ in Pocket" |
| MANEATER | Song by American duo Hall and Oates that reached No. 6 in the UK charts in 1982 (8) |
| THELOOKOFLOVE | Song by synth pop band ABC that reached No. 4 in the UK charts in 1982 (3,4,2,4) |
| ELEANORRIGBY | Beatles song Aretha Franklin took to #17 in 1969 |
| JAPANESE | Turning ____, song by The Vapors that reached No. 3 in the UK charts in 1980 (8) |
| AJETPLANE | Leaving On ____, song by John Denver that was a hit for Peter, Paul and Mary in 1970 (1,3,5) |
| RITCHIE | La Bamba singer who died at age 17 in the plane crash that also claimed the life of Buddy Holly, ... |
| EILEEN | Come On ____, song by Dexys Midnight Runners released in 1982 (6) |
| HORSES | Crazy ____, song by The Osmonds that made No. 2 in the UK charts in 1972 (6) |
| ROLF | Who duets with Liesl on Sixteen Going on Seventeen in The Sound of Music? (4) |
| CAINEMUTINY | With "The," no. 17 on the list (by Herman Wouk) |
| RHULAND | Nova Scotia... Smith & ___ (Shipyard in Lunenburg which, in 1921, built the Bluenose as per William J. Roue 'Design No. 17') |
| BROKENGLASS | Walking On ____, song by Annie Lennox released in 1992 (6,5) |
| THELANDOFLOST | How Housman described those 5/9/17 in the second stanza of A Shropshire Lad XL? (3,4,2,4,7) |
| JAPAN | Which country did New Zealand's All Blacks defeat 145-17 in the 1995 Rugby World Cup? (5) |
