| MICKFLEETWOOD | Cornish drummer whose surname formed half of the name of a successful band of the 1960s and 1970s |
| KNOPFLER | Surname of two brothers who, along with John Illsley and Pick Withers, formed the most successful band of the 1980's (8) |
| RODNINA | Irina, ice skater who formed half of the Olympic pairs figure skating gold medal-winning team from 1 |
| MORBIDELLIBENELLI | Full name of a successful Italian racing team that was known by its initials, made up of these three companies. (10,7,4) |
| ARMI | Full name of a successful Italian racing team that was known by its initials, made up of these three companies. (10,7,4) |
| CHIC | One of the most successful bands of the disco era, formed in 1976 by Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards (4) |
| NIELSEN | Identical twins Laviai and Lina ____ formed half of Britain’s bronze medal-winning women’s 4x400m team at the recent World Indoor Championships |
| GOINGONTOUR | Successful band's activity |
| NIRVANA | A UK band of the 1960s or a US band of the 1990s |
| SNOW | Second half of the name of the first horse to win the Dubai World Cup twice, in 2018 and 2019 |
| CHA | Half of the name of a Latin American dance |
| RAPA | Half of the name of an island associated with heads |
| BEATLES | Liverpudlian band of the 1960s (7) |
| CREAM | Classic rock band of the 1960s that was led by Eric Clapton (5) |
| SHAPED | Formed half a heap in the outhouse (6) |
| PETERBONETTI | Chelsea and England goalkeeper of the 1960s and 1970s nicknamed The Cat (5,7) |
| MARS | --- Army, sitcom of the 1960s and 1970s set during the Second World War (4) |
| CHEESECLOTH | A loose-woven gauzelike cotton fabric used as a material for making shirts and blouses in the 1960s and 1970s |
| EGER | Bull's Blood of ____ was a Hungarian red wine promoted in the UK in the 1960s and 1970s |
| STEWART | Surname of British driver who won the Formula 1 world championship three times in the 1960s and 1970s (7) |