| FRANKIFIELD | "Yodelling" pop singer, first UK-based performer to have three consecutive UK No 1 hits, in 1962 |
| IFIELD | Australian/English country singer who had four British No 1 hits in 1962-63, Frank ___ (6) |
| POLARIS | The first UK-based nuclear-armed submarine system, based at Clyde Naval Base (7) |
| GEORGEMICHAEL | Faith pop singer first nominated for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2023: 2 wds. |
| SPICEGIRLS | All-girl group who had three consecutive UK Christmas No 1 hits in the late 1990s (5,5) |
| KYLIE | Australian pop singer's first pale pink aster (now Symphyotrichum) (5) |
| TICKETTORIDE | The seventh consecutive UK No 1 hit for the Beatles on the Parlophone label, and their first track lasting more than three minutes |
| MAMA | 1996 song by The Spice Girls which was their fourth consecutive UK No. 1 (4) |
| REFRACTOR | Judge performer to have ruined first telescope |
| THEWANDERER | Song that gave Dion a UK top ten hit in 1962 (3,8) |
| SHIRLEYBASSEY | Only performer to have recorded more than one James Bond theme song |
| SKATER | Ice-based performer takes off on first part of rink (6) |
| MACPHEE | St. Peters-based performer Cyril |
| SPEEDYGONZALES | Cartoon character; Pat Boone hit in 1962 (6,8) |
| LIBERACE | Ostentatious pianist who was the first performer to have a residency in 23-Across |
| BTS | K-pop band with six Billboard No. 1 hits in the twenty-twenties |
| RODSTEWART | British singer/songwriter born in 1945 whose UK No. 1 hits include Sailing and Baby Jane (3,7) |
| AGUILERA | Christina ---, pop star whose UK No 1 hits include Genie in a Bottle and Beautiful |
| ABBA | Group which had eight consecutive UK No.1 albums in the UK from 1975 to 1982 (4) |
| MADONNA | Singer who has had 13 UK No 1 hits, a record for a female vocalist |
