| WETLEG | Indie rock band from the Isle of Wight (3,3) |
| LEG | Wet _, Indie rock band from the Isle of Wight (3) |
| KAISER | Ricky Wilson's indie rock band from Leeds, _ Chiefs (6) |
| THEVIEW | Indie rock band from Dundee whose debut album, Hats Off to the Buskers, was nominated for the 2007 Mercury Music Prize |
| SMITHS | The ___, an English rock band from the '80s |
| SOLENT | Channel separating Hampshire from the Isle of Wight (6) |
| PRIEST | The clergyman from the Isle of Capri establishment (6) |
| HECUBA | King Priam's wife from The Isle Of Man? |
| SAPPHO | Ancient Greek lyric poet from the isle of Lesbos (6) |
| EIGHTH | Patsy Kensit's band from the 1980s, _ Wonder (6) |
| SEX | English punk rock band from the 70s ___ Pistols |
| NEWCOMER | Recent arrival in Colorado introduced to fresh rock band from the east (8) |
| TATTOO | Bands from the world's armed forces contribute to this annual display, the Edinburgh Military ... |
| THEBFS | Rock band from Athens, Ga. |
| LANDSEND | 28 miles from the Isles of Scilly, the most-westerly point of Cornwall and England which is the start point of an iconic 874-mile bike ride to John o'Groats (5,3) |
| MINCH | North --- separates the mainland of Scotland from the Isle of Lewis (5) |
| ANDTHE | Pub rock band from Essex, fronted by Barrie Masters, whose biggest hit, Do Anything You Wanna Do, wa |
| REDHOT | ____ ____ Chili Peppers, rock band from Los Angeles whose members include bassist Flea (3,3) |
| MANX | Breed of cat from the Isle of Man with a mutation that shortens the tail (4) |
| HEREWARDTHEWAKE | Anglo-Saxon nobleman who, from the Isle of Ely, led resistance to the Normans after their 1066 invasion of England (8,3,4) |
