| TELLIT | "Hit me with the story!" |
| IANDURY | Who, with the Blockheads, had a hit with "Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick"? (3,4) |
| RHYTHMSTICK | 'Hit Me With Your -- --', hit for Ian Dury and the Blockheads (6,5) |
| GARDENS | "In the deserts of Sudan and the ___ofjapan" , from Ian Dury's "Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick" (7) |
| PATBENATAR | 'Hit Me With Your Best Shot' singer |
| BEST | "Hit Me with Your ___ Shot" |
| INTHEFARAD | She hit me with a lamp, right ___! |
| DASHIELLHAMMETT | Author ___ hit me with mallet, oddly (8,7) |
| PAT | "Hit Me With Your Best Shot" singer Benatar |
| SHOT | Hit me with your best ___ |
| BENATAR | "Hit Me With Your Best Shot" singer |
| LORDEPATBENATAR | *Line 3: "Royals" / "Hit Me With Your Best Shot" |
| ASKAWAY | "Hit me with your questions!" |
| KARAOKE | Activity where you may take a shot at "Hit Me With Your Best Shot" and then take a shot |
| MILAN | "From _ _ _ _ _ to Yucatan, every woman, every man", from Ian Dury's "Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick" (5) |
| AENEID | Poem with the story of the Trojan horse |
| WIZ | Musical with the song "Slide Some Oil to Me," with "The" |
| REPORTER | Give him the story! It's about the man on the railway! (8) |
| ORYX | Beastly cross by the end of the story! |
| LEGEND | Getting hold of the information, was first with the story (6) |
