| EVANESCENCE | American band who had UK hits including Bring Me to Life and My Immortal |
| MUMBA | Which Dubliner had UK hits with Gotta Tell You and Baby Come Over at the turn of the Millennium? (5) |
| KEYS | R&B singer who had UK top 10 singles with Empire State Of Mind and Girl On Fire, Alicia - - - (4) |
| AMYLEE | "My Immortal" vocalist |
| LOSLOBOS | American band who had a 1987 UK Number One with a cover of Richie Valens' La Bamba (3,5) |
| EXILE | American band who had a 1978 hit with Kiss You All Over |
| LOBOS | Los -, American band who had a 1987 hit with a version of La Bamba (5) |
| ONO | 'Art is my life and my life is art' artist |
| OCEAN | R&B singer who had hits including Caribbean Queen and Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car (5) |
| HAPPINESS | Citizens of the US are constitutionally guaranteed the right to life and liberty and to pursue this |
| RAGEAGAINSTTHEMACHINE | American band who in 2009 were the subject of a campaign for one of their songs to be UK Christmas Number One |
| KNEEDEEP | and 28ac/14ac, Song that provided UK hits for both Guy Mitchell and Tommy Steele in 1957 |
| REM | American band who told us they were Losing My Religion (inits) (3) |
| LIBERTY | All US citizens have an inalienable right, according to their constitution, to life, ... and the pur |
| RAISETHEDEAD | Bring people back to life, and what you must do in four rows in this puzzle |
| NUTRIENTS | Vitamins and minerals in foods essential to life and health (9) |
| ANIMATE | Bring something to life and give it a name, maybe (7) |
| NATURALLAW | Basis for the rights to life and liberty, to John Locke |
| NEILSEDAKA | American pop singer famous for hits including Oh! Carol and Breaking Up Is Hard To Do (4,6) |
| KISS | Gene Simmons' band, who have had hits including Crazy Crazy Nights (4) |