| IANDURY | English singer/songwriter and bandleader of The Blockheads (3,4) |
| DURY | Surname of the Blockheads lead singer Ian (4) |
| CABCALLOWAY | Songwriter and bandleader who appeared in the films The Cincinnati Kid and The Blues Brothers (3,8) |
| LOUISJORDAN | American musician, songwriter and bandleader whose songs feature in the musical Five Guys Named Moe |
| DRTEETH | Bandleader of the Electric Mayhem, on "The Muppet Show" |
| REASONS | _ to be Cheerful, Part 3 1979 song by Ian Dury and the Blockheads (7) |
| PINNOCK | Leigh-Anne, English singer/ songwriter and member of girl group Little Mix (7) |
| DUALIPA | English singer, songwriter and model who released her eponymous debut album in 2017 |
| ASSURES | Guarantees the blockhead will take us round again (7) |
| ARTIESHAW | US clarinettist and popular bandleader of the 1930s and 1940s (5,4) |
| COUNTBASIE | Bandleader of the Barons of Rhythm |
| SPIKEJONES | US bandleader of the 1940s and 50s, whose name sounds like a director * (10) |
| GUYLOMBARDO | Bandleader of The Royal canadians: 2 wds. |
| SGTPEPPER | Fictional bandleader of the 1960s |
| NOODLES | Blockheads' long strips of food (7) |
| RHYTHM | Type of stick Ian Dury and The Blockheads sang about in 1978 (6) |
| SERGEANTPEPPER | Bandleader of the Beatles |
| NITWITS | Twins, it turns out, may be blockheads (7) |
| HITME | ___ with Your Rhythm Stick; song by Ian Dury and the Blockheads (3,2) |
| FOOLSPARADISE | The Blockheads and Nirvana produced in blissfully ignored State (4'1,8) |
