| GRUNGE | Subgenre of rock music characterised by distorted guitars and angst-filled lyrics, sometimes known as the Seattle sound (6) |
| DEATHMETAL | Extreme music subgenre with heavily distorted guitars |
| POETRY | Lyrics, sometimes |
| EMO | Angst-ridden subgenre of rock |
| ADRIAN | "Master Mole" - Sue Townsend's 13 3/4 year old diarist, "intellectual great writer" and angst-ridden soul (6) |
| GRUNGY | Resonated in good year like distorted guitar music |
| CAB | Train song whose title completes the lyric "Sometimes I think I'm the only ___ on the road" |
| HIPHOP | A genre of music characterised by a strong, rhythmic beat and a rapping vocal track (3,3) |
| GROSSO | Concerto -; form of baroque music characterised by a contrast between orchestra and soloists (6) |
| TECHNO | A genre of electronic dance music, characterised by a repetitive four-on-the-floor beat (6) |
| BAROQUE | A 17th-century style of music characterised by extensive use of ornamentation (7) |
| ROCOCO | 18th century style of music characterised by extreme use of ornamentation (6) |
| GALANT | An 18th-century style of music characterised by homophony and elaborate ornamentation (6) |
| RAGGA | Sub-genre of dancehall music characterised by songs such as Wayne Smith's Under Me Sleng Teng |
| FANDANGO | Spanish courtship dance performed by a man and woman, accompanied by guitars and castanets (8) |
| BELLS | May -; one of the names by which lily of the valley or muguet is known; a plant symbolising the return to happiness according to the language of flowers (5) |
| TRANCE | Type of electronic dance music characterised by hypnotic rhythms |
| SKIFFLE | Style of popular music of the 1950s drawing on jazz, blues and folk, chiefly played on guitars and improvised instruments (7) |
| HARDROCK | A subgenre of music typified by aggressive vocals and electric guitars (4,4) |
| THRASH | Informal word for a loud, lavish party; a subgenre of hard-core heavy metal or rock music; or, a fast exhilarating motor race (6) |
