| BETTEMIDLER | Actress and singer, born Hawaii 1945, who appeared in fire Rose, Ruthless People, Outrageous Fortune, and The First eres Club (5,6) |
| CONNIE | ****** Francis, actress and singer born in Newark, New Jersey in 1937 (6) |
| JAMIELYNNSPEARS | Actress and singer born in 1991 who was a 2023 I'm A Celebrity... contestant (5,4,6) |
| CONNIESTEVENS | American actress and singer born Concetta Rosalie Ann Ingoglia in New York in 1938 |
| SAVAGE | Tiwa, Nigerian actress and singer born in 1980 dubbed the Queen of Afrobeats (6) |
| MERMAN | Ethel, actress and singer born in 1908 noted for her strong, clear voice (6) |
| ITZHAKPERLMAN | Violinist, born in Tel Aviv in 1945, who made his debut at Carnegie Hall in 1963 |
| JUDYGARLAND | American actress and singer born Frances Ethel Gumm in 1922 |
| MAEWEST | American actress and singer born 1893 who said: 'When I'm good, I'm very good. But when I'm bad I'm better". (3,4) |
| MOREAU | Jeanne, French actress and singer born in 1928 (6) |
| GARLAND | US actress and singer born 1922, mother of Liza Minnelli (7) |
| RICHARDS | Barry ........ , South Africa cricketer born in 1945 who scored 508 runs in his only four Tests (8) |
| TWIGGY | English model, actress and singer born Lesley Hornby |
| GEORGE | Bobby, English former darts player born in 1945 who was nicknamed King Of Bling (6) |
| PERLMAN | Itzhak ******* , violinist born in 1945 who has won 16 Grammy Awards (7) |
| NOBLER | "Whether 'tis ... in the mind to suffer / The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune" (Hamlet) (6) |
| TIS | "Whether ___ nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune" |
| MEATLOAF | Actor and singer born Marvin Lee Aday in 1947 (4,4) |
| TEMPAH | Tinie, stage name of British rapper and singer born in 1988 (6) |
| ARROWS | 'The slings and ____ of outrageous fortune,' phrase from Hamlet's soliloquy (6) |