| LITTLESTAR | The Elegants' only hit, which hit #1 in 1958 |
| WHENIMWITHYOU | Sheriff's only hit, which hit #1 in 1988 |
| CECIL | Name the lion which hit the headlines in the summer after he was shot dead in Zimbabwe by an American tourist. (5) |
| IRENE | First major Atlantic hurricane of the 2011 season, which hit the Caribbean and mainland US in late August (5) |
| BLESSEM | George Formby was the first to record the Music Hall hit which was an unofficial RAF anthem, ... All |
| HOMERUN | In baseball, a hit which allows the batter to make a complete circuit of the bases (4,3) |
| ANYMANOFMINE | Shania Twain's first crossover hit which also won Single of the Year at the Canadian Country Music Awards in 1995 |
| INNER | Without Victor, one could only hit the board next to the bull (5) |
| TONIBASIL | Her only hit was the 1981 #1 "Mickey" |
| GETAJOB | The Silhouettes' only hit |
| CAVEMAN | He only hit on women in the club? (7) |
| THEVENTURES | Group that did the theme to "Hawaii Five-O," which hit #4 in 1969 |
| JANHAMMER | He wrote the theme song to "Miami Vice," which hit #1 in 1985 |
| ALGAR | Garth's surname in "Wayne's World 2" which hit theatres in the 1993 festive season |
| TITANIC | Ship which hit an iceberg and sank in 1912 |
| RIPTIDE | 2013 Vance Joy hit which topped the triple j Hottest 100 (7) |
| ANGEL | Madonna hit which reached no 5 in the UK in 1985 (5) |
| HEYYA | OutKast hit which Billboard notes is "lyrically, maybe the worst song you could play at a wedding" |
| HOMER | Baseball slang fora hit which earns the batsman a run (5) |
| THWACK | Hit seen at No.1 among the hits which are considered key |
