| ADAMSKI | Acid-house producer who wrote the song Killer with Seal (7) |
| SEAL | Soul singer who rose to fame with the song Killer (4) |
| WILLIAMS | Pharrell, U.S. singer and music producer who wrote the single Happy for the 2013 film Despicable Me 2 (8) |
| ADONIS | Chicago house producer responsible for No Way Back (6) |
| INSPECTOR | At home, producer is a policeman (9) |
| AMYSCHUMER | American stand-up comedian, writer, actress, and producer who wrote and starred in the 2015 comedy T |
| MAXMARTIN | Swedish producer who wrote hits for Britney, Katy Perry and Taylor Swift (3,6) |
| GUTHRIE | Who wrote the song Alice's Restaurant (1965), which became an anthem for the era but was ostensibly about his arrest for littering? (7) |
| MATADOR | The killer with the gun at morning returns (7) |
| HANDGUN | Killer with first of goons, punching destroyer (7) |
| ASPERSE | Shakespearean killer with tongue for slander (7) |
| ARMANDO | One-named "One World One Future" acid house master |
| NOVELLO | Which Welsh composer, actor and playwright (Ivor ___) wrote the song "Keep the Home Fires Burning"? (7) |
| TRIPHOP | Portmanteau genre derived from acid house |
| ANNETTE | Sparks wrote the songs for this musical from Leos Carax (7) |
| HOODORNAMENT | Holiday tree decoration hung by the poet who wrote "The Song of the Shirt"? |
| RORIE | David ---, Scottish doctor, folklorist and poet who wrote the song The Lum Hat Wantin' The Croon (5) |
| IDLE | Who wrote the song Always Look on the Bright Side of Life? (4) |
| BERLIN | Irving ___, composer who wrote the song Puttin' On The Ritz (6) |
| DYLAN | Music icon Bob who wrote the song suggested by the starts of this puzzle's theme entries |
