| HES | Song, ... a Rebel |
| HIT | A blockbuster film or a smasher of a song; a visit to a website; or, a strike of a real or proverbial nail-head (3) |
| TRUEBLUE | A Spandau Ballet song, a Joni Mitchell song and a Madonna song (4,4) |
| AMORET | Old word of French origin for a sweetheart that came to mean a sonnet or love-song; a love-knot; a romantic glance; or, a trifling affair (6) |
| LILT | Cadence of a tune; a cheerful air or song; a buoyant gait; or, a gentle or melodious accent (4) |
| CALL | A summons; a short visit; a bird's song; a signal by bugle or horn; or, admission to the rank of barrister (4) |
| ARIA | A song, a song returns (4) |
| TELL | Song. A song making a comeback (4) |
| HEAR | Christmas carol snippet: "...what I ___ / A song, a song..." |
| LYRICS | Unlike a composer, who writes only the melody of a song, a songwriter writes both the ___ and the music |
| ALBUMS | "A letdown is worth a few songs. A heartbreak is worth a few _": Taylor Swift (6) |
| BALLAD | Slow and sentimental song / a love song |
| ANATHEMA | A wearing song -- a curse (8) |
| MAID | Neil Young song, A Man Needs a ... |
| MALAYALAM | Initially make a song a hit in this language |
| CANTO | From the Italian meaning "song", a division of a long poem (5) |
| RAMONA | In song, a girl or a man perhaps (6) |
| SUE | Which song ("A Boy Named ___") was a hit for Johnny Cash in 1969? (3) |
| INSTEP | In an old military joke, and an Irving Berlin song, a mother says that her son is alone in being ____ at a parade |
| FRIENDLIKEME | Oscar-nominated song from Disney's Alladin that lost to another Aladdin song, A Whole New World: 3 wds. |
