| FINDESIECLE | 1998 album by Northern Irish chamber pop band The Divine Comedy (3,2,6) |
| NEILHANNON | Frontman of the Northern Irish pop band The Divine Comedy |
| PORTICO | At the front of the building strong wine could be served before Irish Chamber Orchestra appears |
| ETTA | '12 Songs of Christmas': 1998 album by music legend ___ James |
| ALPHAOMEGA | 1998 album by electronica group Project Pitchfork |
| PILGRIM | 1998 album by Eric Clapton |
| MANICMONDAY | Prince-penned 1986 hit by US pop band The Bangles, from the album Different Light (5,6) |
| DARE | Third studio album by synth-pop band The Human League, released in 1981 (4) |
| ROGERMCGOUGH | English performance poet, a member of the comedy pop band The Scaffold (5,7) |
| FONTANA | Wayne, frontman of the 1960s pop band The Mind-benders (7) |
| OPEN | "___ Your Heart", 1981 UK top 10 single by synth-pop band the Human League (4) |
| GREY | Christian, fictional young billionaire played on film by Northern Irish actor Jamie Dornan (4) |
| ALLEN | A couple of lines with earl by Northern Irish lake |
| BONFIRE | Make British premier alight to see something constructed by Northern Irish youths |
| REM | Band with the 1998 album "Up" |
| DJQUIK | Rapper who did the 1998 album "Rhythm-al-ism" |
| NENA | She released the 1998 album "Wenn Alles Richtig Ist Dann Stimmt Was Nicht" |
| NSYNC | Boy band with a self-titled 1998 album |
| CATPOWER | Indie rocker with the 1998 album "Moon Pix" |
| SATURDAYS | Frankie, Mollie, Rochelle, Vanessa and Una's pop band, The --------- (9) |
