| BEYONCE | "Power's not given to you. You have to take it." She was the lead singer in Destiny's Child. |
| ROWLAND | Singer in Destiny's Child, Kelly ----- (7) |
| SEESTRAIGHT | When everything becomes clear to you, you have a good hand (3,8) |
| BICEPS | Source of power, not given up by bent cop, is mishandled (6) |
| KELLYROWLAND | X Factor judge who used to be in Destiny's Child (5,7) |
| CHIN | Part of the face (on which one may have to take it?) (4) |
| ELECTIVE | You don't have to take it |
| IDIOT | Do I have to take it from that blockhead? (5) |
| POTENTIAL | Powers not yet developed |
| NOTARY | Public official with legal powers, not fairly treated evenhandedly (6) |
| ESPOUSED | Psychic powers, not a thing exploited, embraced (8) |
| STAR | "...And all the monkeys aren't in the zoo, everyday you'll meet quite a few, so you see it's all up to you: you can be better than you are, you could be Swingin' on a ___"-Bing Crosby (1944) |
| VERVE | Richard Ashcroft was the lead singer in The ___. (5) |
| COBAIN | Who was the lead singer in Nirvana? (6) |
| PL | Who was the lead singer in Led Zeppelin? (5) |
| STATUTE | In this state, you have to take tea - it's the law! (7) |
| CORONAS | Danny O"Reilly is the lead singer in The ___. (7) |
| WICKET | If they have this belonging to you you're out at The Gate (6) |
| ALLORNOTHING | "___ ___ ___. If I commit myself to you, you must commit yourself to me": Catherine the Great (3,2,7) |
| ENAMELLED | Hair swept back as the French have it, she departs in glossy coat (9) |