| MELTORME | U.S. actor and singer nicknamed The Velvet Fog because of the smoothness of his voice (3,5) |
| LASSUS | Reputed to have been kidnapped three times for the beauty of his voice, composer known as the Divine Orlando who wrote the six-part motet Timor et tremor (6) |
| LOUIS | American jazz trumpeter and singer nicknamed "Satchmo" |
| ARMSTRONG | See 53A, American jazz trumpeter and singer nicknamed "Satchmo" |
| GROFF | Jonathan, U.S. actor and singer who voiced Kristoff in the animated films Frozen and Frozen II (5) |
| DAVIDHASSELHOFF | U.S. actor and singer who sang his song Looking For Freedom at the Berlin Wall shortly after its fall in 1989 (5,10) |
| TORME | Singer nicknamed 'The Velvet Fog' |
| LEEADAY | Michael, U.S. actor and singer known as Meat Loaf (3,4) |
| BAUTISTA | Dave, U.S. actor and ex-wrestler who plays Drax the Destroyer in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (8) |
| RECORDER | Portable instrument which indicated the degree of smoothness of a locomotive and the rails (7. 5. 8) |
| EASTWOOD | Clint, U.S. actor and director who starred in the 2008 film Gran Torino (8) |
| ARQUETTE | David, U.S. actor and professional wrestler, exhusband of Courteney Cox (8) |
| WAHLBERG | Mark, U.S. actor and former rapper whose early stage name was Marky Mark (8) |
| VANDROSS | Luther nicknamed the "Velvet Voice" |
| UNRUFFLE | Restore the smoothness (8) |
| FLUIDITY | Smoothness of motion |
| HALLADE | And 20A and 8A Portable instrument which indicated the degree of smoothness of a locomotive and the rails (7. 5. 8) |
| MEL | Singer Torme nicknamed the Velvet Fog |
| GENEKELLY | U.S. actor and dancer who made his film debut in For Me and My Gal (4,5) |
| WILLSMITH | U.S. actor and rapper who starred in the films Ali and Suicide Squad (4,5) |
