| BAMBA | "La ___" (Ritchie Valens hit) |
| LABAMBA | Ritchie Valens hit of 1959 (2 wds.) |
| DONNA | Ritchie Valens hit on the flip side of "La Bamba" |
| BYGUY | "Snatch" (2000) directed ___ Ritchie |
| LIONEL | "Hello" singer ___ Ritchie (6) |
| GUY | _ _ _ Ritchie, filmmaker (3) |
| DEREK | ___ Ritchie, 'The Don', carp fisherman (5) |
| RALEIGH | _ Ritchie, musician alias of actor Jacob Anderson (7) |
| REECE | Has appeared in Flack and Endeavour, ___ Ritchie (5) |
| CHARLOTTE | ___ Ritchie Ghosts actress who plays Kate on You |
| ROCCO | One of Madonna's six children, _ Ritchie (5) |
| LOUDIAMOND | American actor who played Ritchie Valens in the 1987 film La Bamba (3,7,8) |
| PHILLIPS | American actor who played Ritchie Valens in the 1987 film La Bamba (3,7,8) |
| TURKISH | Ritchie Valens "In a ___ Town" |
| RITCHIE | Valens who sang "La Bamba" |
| KATE | _ Ritchie, actress who played Sally Fletcher in Home And Away (4) |
| LOSLOBOS | American band who had a 1987 UK Number One with a cover of Richie Valens' La Bamba (3,5) |
| BOPPER | The Big ---, American musician who died in a 1959 plane crash along with Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens (6) |
| BIGBOPPER | The _ _, American musician who died alongside Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens in a 1959 plane crash (3,6) |
| IHADA | "_ ___ _ girl, Donna..." (Valens lyric, three words) |
