| FELICE | ------ and Boudleaux Bryant, a songwriting team who wrote numerous hits for the Everly Brothers (6) |
| ERICIDLE | Member of the Monty Python team who wrote and sang the theme song for the TV series One Foot in the Grave |
| ASHTON | Originally inspired by Anna Pavlova, the founding choreographer of the Royal Ballet who wrote numerous parts for Margot Fonteyn including Cinderella (6) |
| SHADOWS | Group which had numerous hits, both on their own and with Cliff Richard (7) |
| HERMITS | Herman's _______ had numerous hits in the 1960s. (7) |
| BOXINGWEIGHTS | They size up the contenders for those belting out the hits for The Stones (6,7) |
| WATERMAN | Pete -; railway enthusiast who formed part of a songwriting team with Stock and Aitken (8) |
| IRA | George Gershwin's older brother who collaborated with him as a songwriting team (3) |
| WODEHOUSE | Comic author nicknamed Plum who wrote numerous novels and short stories set in fictional locales including Blandings Castle, Berkeley Mansions and the Drones Club (9) |
| LOU | Familiar name of The Velvet Underground co-founder who wrote numerous songs, including Perfect Day and Walk on the Wild Side (3) |
| HYPHENATE | Separate the names of a songwriting team |
| ABSOLUTEBEGINNERS | Same title, different hits for The Jam (1981) and David Bowie (1986) (8,9) |
| TRIO | Tom Dooley and Greenback Dollar were hits for The Kingston ... |
| KANDER | Broadway songwriting team __ and Ebb |
| SUSIE | Girl in the title of a 1957 hit for The Everly Brothers (5) |
| INOFFS | Pockets unexpected hits for Home and Away on Sunday (2-4) |
| LIONEL | All Night Long and Hello were hits for ex-Commodore ___ Richie |
| LOVEME | Title of hits for Elvis Presley, Yvonne Elliman and Lil Wayne |
| LENNON | ___-Mccartney (Liverpool songwriting team) |
| BIRDDOG | "Johnny is a joker..." hit for The Everly Brothers: 2 wds. |
