| LILYTHEPINK | 1968 song by British trio The Scaffold (4,3,4) |
| VOODOOCHILD | 1968 song by the Jimi Hendrix Experience |
| BACKFORGOOD | Song by British boy band Take That, released in 1995 (4,3,4) |
| OTISREDDING | Singer whose 1968 song "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" hit #1 posthumously: 2 wds. |
| STEPPENWOLF | Rock band with the 1968 song "Born to Be Wild" |
| LILY | ____ The Pink, 1968 hit novelty song by The Scaffold (4) |
| ELENORE | 1968 song by The Turtles that reached number 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 7 in the UK |
| BLACKBIRD | An ouzel or merle esteemed for its mellow song; or, the title of a 1968 song by the "Fab Four" (9) |
| USSR | Back In The _, 1968 song by The Beatles (4) |
| ROGER | Performance poet who was a member of the Scaffold, who topped the UK singles chart with Lily the Pink in 1968 (5,7) |
| MCGOUGH | Performance poet who was a member of the Scaffold, who topped the UK singles chart with Lily the Pink in 1968 (5,7) |
| GALLOWSTREE | Head of government to OK thoroughfare stopping short of scaffold (7,4) |
| BORNTOBEWILD | 1968 song by US band Steppenwolf whose lyrics coin the term 'heavy metal' and which is considered a prototype of the genre (4,2,2,4) |
| HEY | --- Jude, 1968 song by The Beatles (3) |
| SEXY | ___ Sadie 1968 song by the Beatles |
| ONION | Glass -----, 1968 song by The Beatles (5) |
| SKELTER | Helter ___, 1968 song by The Beatles... |
| EXECUTIONER | Scaffold decapitator |
| GOTTA | "I've ___ Be Me" (1968 song by Sammy Davis Jr.) |
| WICHITA | _ Lineman, 1968 song by Glen Campbell (7) |
