| ODETTA | "Queen of American folk music" |
| GRAMMYS | The Anthology of American Folk Music has two |
| BLUESY | In the style of black American folk music (6) |
| BLUES | African American folk music |
| PETE | First name in American folk music |
| ARLO | American folk-music icon, ---- Guthrie (4) |
| LEADBELLY | Stage name of American folk and blues singer Huddie William Ledbetter (4,5) |
| BERNIESANDERS | Vermont mayor (and future U.S. senator) who released a 1987 album of American folk classics including "This Land Is Your Land" |
| HOMEONTHERANGE | American folk music standard about a place “where the buffalo roam” |
| SQUAREDANCE | American folk music event with 'head' and 'side' couples (6,5) |
| SKIFFLE | Style of music based on American folk, usually using improvised instruments (7) |
| DAVY | _ Crockett, American folk hero of the 19th century (4) |
| NATHANIELRATELIFF | American folk singer/ songwriter whose first album was In Memory of Loss in 2010 (9,8) |
| PETESEEGER | American 'folk revival' singer/songwriter and co-author of Where Have All The Flowers Gone (4,6) |
| IRENE | Lead Belly received a Grammy Award for his version of the American folk song, Goodnight ... |
| JOANBAEZ | American folk singer, songwriter and activist who helped to bring the songs of Bob Dylan to prominence |
| GRANDMAMOSES | The apposite nickname of an American folk artist who was born in 1860 and died in 1961 |
| CODY | Surname of the American folk hero known as Buffalo Bill (4) |
| OLA | American folk singer who performed at the Mariposa Folk Festival, ___ Belle Reed (b.1916 - d.2002) |
| YELLOWROSE | The ___ ___ of Texas, American folk song published in 1858 (6,4) |
