| BLUCANTRELL | American R&B singer born Tiffany Cobb in 1976 (3,8) |
| TOMMYLEEJONES | Actor who played baseball's Ty Cobb in the 1994 biopic Cobb: 3 wds. |
| SALAD | It might be Caesar or Cobb in a restaurant |
| TIMMYTHOMAS | American R&B singer, keyboardist, songwriter and record producer best known for the 1972 hit song Why Can't We Live Together |
| RUTHBROWN | American R&B singer-songwriter and actress awarded a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2016 |
| USHER | American R&B singer whose albums include My Way and Confessions |
| JANELLEMONAE | American R&B singer with the 2018 album Dirty Computer: 2 wds. |
| BROWN | American R&B singer best known for the single Somebody Else's Guy (7,5) |
| JOCELYN | American R&B singer best known for the single Somebody Else's Guy (7,5) |
| RKELLY | American R&B singer whose hits include I Believe I Can Fly and If I Could Turn Back the Hands of Time |
| RIHANNA | R&B singer born in Barbados (7) |
| RUSHEN | Patrice, jazz pianist and R&B singer born in 1954 (6) |
| DIONNE | ___ Warwick, U.S. pop and R&B singer born in 1940 noted for the song Walk On By (6) |
| MAYBELLE | Big R&B singer born Mabel Louise Smith (8) |
| BLIGH | American R&B soul singer, Mary J _ (5) |
| BLIGE | American R&B soul singer Mary J _ (5) |
| NEYO | Grammy Award winning American R&B artist born Shaffer Chimere Smith |
| JBLIGE | American R&B and soul singer, Mary _ _ (1,5) |
| FATSDOMINO | American R&B and rock and roll pianist and singer-songwriter best known for Blueberry Hill |
| STEVIEWONDER | American R&B legend (6,6) |
