| SPINALTAP | Parody rock group whose members include Derek Smalls, Nigel Tufnel and David St Hubbins |
| SHEARER | Harry, actor whose roles include Derek Smalls in the film This Is Spinal Tap (7) |
| RAMONES | Rock group whose members all assumed the same last name, with "the" |
| DEVO | Rock group whose members wear red flowerpots on their heads |
| MCKEAN | Michael, actor whose film roles include David St Hubbins in This Is Spinal Tap (6) |
| MICHAELMCKEAN | He's Spinal Tap's David St Hubbins (7,6) |
| PUBLICENEMY | American hip hop/rap metal group whose members include Chuck D and Flavor Flav |
| TAKETHAT | Pop group whose members include Gary Barlow and Mark Owen |
| ENEMY | American hip hop/rap metal group whose members include Chuck D and Flavor Flav (6,5) |
| PUBLIC | American hip hop/rap metal group whose members include Chuck D and Flavor Flav (6,5) |
| WUTANGCLAN | Influential US hip-hop group whose members include RZA and GZA |
| MENSA | Elite group whose members include Steve Martin and Geena Davis |
| BTS | K-pop group whose members include Suga and Jungkook |
| BEASTIEBOYS | Group whose members include Mike D |
| GUEST | Christopher, comedian who played Nigel Tufnel in classic rock spoof This Is Spinal Tap (5) |
| IRISHSEA | Main air that is playing, taking intros from St Hubbins/Smalls (5,3) |
| FORTUNETELLING | Predicting start of tour or Nigel Tufnel rocks (7,7) |
| ELEVEN | "These go to ___" (observation by Spinal Tap's Nigel Tufnel) |
| THESEGOTOELEVEN | Notable Nigel Tufnel line |
| HARRY | American actor who provides many of the voices in The Simpsons and played bass player Derek Smalls in the film This Is Spinal Tap (5,7) |
