| THEHOUSE | (and 15, 25 across) Traditional folk song which gave 7 across, 20 down a number-one hit (3,5,2,3,6,3) |
| SEASHANTY | Style of folk song which has a recent surge in popularity thanks to TikTok. (3,6) |
| ALANPRICE | Keyboardist of 7 across, 20 down who arranged 11, 15, 25 across (4,5) |
| MALIGNED | Ran down a number made to line up (8) |
| MOTHEATEN | Decrepit parent cut down a number of commandments (4-5) |
| NATTURNER | Historical figure who's the focus of 15-/25-Across: 2 wds. |
| VIRGINIA | US state where the slave rebellion in 15-/25-Across takes place |
| BREATHE | 'The Air That I ___': 1974 song which gave The Hollies a worldwide hit (7) |
| MTA | 1959 hit based on the traditional folk song "The Wreck of the Old 97" |
| JANUARY | Song that gave Scottish band Pilot a number one hit single in February 1975 (7) |
| SIXTEENTONS | Merle Travis song that gave Tennessee Ernie Ford a number one hit (7,4) |
| LENAMARTELL | Scottish singer who had a number one hit with One Day at a Time in 1979 (4,7) |
| TRAGEDY | 1979 song which gave The Bee Gees a No 1 hit (7) |
| GREENSLEEVES | Traditional folk song played by British and Australian ice cream trucks |
| YELLOWROSE | Traditional folk song popular with the confederate army during the American Civil War, The ... Of Te |
| BARCAROLLE | Gondoliers traditional folk song; or an operatic form performed in Jacques Offenbachs Belle nuit, nuit d amour (10) |
| THERISINGSUN | House Of The ____, traditional folk song covered by The Animals in 1964 (3,6,3) |
| IPRETEND | Song written by Barry Mason and Les Reed that gave Des O'Connor a number-one hit in the UK in July 1968 |
| SAILING | Which song became a number one hit for Rod Stewart in 1975? (7) |
| ROCKAROUNDTHECLOCK | Song that gave Bill Haley & His Comets a number one hit in 1955 (4,6,3,5) |
