| HOWDOILIVE | Trisha Yearwood scored a hit in 1997 with this ballad |
| LISALOEB | She had a hit in 1997 with "I Do" |
| CANDLEINTHEWIND | Song which was a hit for Elton John in 1974; a revised version of which was a much bigger hit in 1997 (6,2,3,4) |
| MMMBOP | Song by U.S. pop band Hanson that was a UK No. 1 hit in 1997 (6) |
| SHES | "___ in Love With the Boy" (Trisha Yearwood song) |
| OOOS | 'XXX's and ___' (Trisha Yearwood country hit) |
| ISME | "This ___ You're Talking To" (Trisha Yearwood song) |
| ARMOR | "Hearts in ___" (Trisha Yearwood) |
| WED | What Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood did |
| CMA | Organization that has honored Trisha Yearwood and Blake Shelton: Abbr. |
| FOODNETWORK | Channel where you can see Trisha Yearwood, Rachael Ray and Bobby Flay |
| HOUSTONOILERS | NFL team relocated in 1997 (with a Detroit running back) |
| ACORP | Community rail organisation founded in 1997 with HQ in Huddersfield (1,1,1,1,1) |
| BOOTSY | Nickname of funk bassist William Collins, inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997 with fifteen other members of Parliament-Funkadelic |
| CHUMBAWAMBA | Anarchist group that scored a hit with "Tubthumping" |
| COOLIO | The late US rapper who scored a hit with Gangsta's Paradise (6) |
| UPPERCUT | Meal with no starter scored a hit (8) |
| APOSTLE | Robert Duvall wrote, directed and played a preacher in The ____ (1997), with Farrah Fawcett and Miranda Richardson |
| TRISHA | Country star with the 1997 hit How Do I Live, ___ Yearwood |
| YEARWOOD | Trisha who sings "She's in Love with the Boy" and "Put It in a Song" |
