| ARETHA | ------ Franklin, late soul singer (6) |
| LYNDEN | _ David Hall, late soul singer who appeared in Love, Actually (6) |
| RAWLS | Late soul singer Lou |
| OTIS | ___ Redding, late soul singer (4) |
| AMY | - Winehouse, late soul singer (3) |
| ROBERTAFLACK | Late soul singer noted for her 1973 hit Killing Me Softly With His Song (7,5) |
| STEVIE | Blind soul singer, ... Wonder (6) |
| DIONNE | Soul singer, - Warwick (6) |
| LIONEL | _ Richie, US soul singer (6) |
| LUTHER | _ Vandross, 'Dance with My Father' soul singer (6) |
| GLADYS | Veteran US soul singer, ___ Knight (6) |
| SLEDGE | Percy -, soul singer noted for 1966 single and album When a Man Loves a Woman (6) |
| WALRUS | Animal that connects the nickname of soul singer Barry White to a Beatles song (6) |
| PICKET | Strike protester is U.S. soul singer, we hear (6) |
| KNIGHT | Beverley ____, English soul singer who starred in a West End production of Sister Act this year (6) |
| ARNOLD | P.P., soul singer noted for her 1967 song The First Cut Is The Deepest (6) |
| RUFFIN | Jimmy, soul singer noted for his song What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted (6) |
| ASTLEY | Soul singer Rick |
| LIDELL | English soul singer Jamie |
| DESREE | 'You Gotta Be' soul singer |
