| TIMROSE | American singer-songwriter whose albums included Through Rose Colored Glasses and The Musician |
| IDEALIZE | See through rose-colored glasses |
| TOASTMASTER | Smartest oat is a person responsible for calling people to raise their glasses - and the name of a variety of tall bearded iris (11) |
| LAMONTAGNE | Ray ___, American singer-songwriter whose albums include Trouble, Gossip in the Grain and Supernova |
| EMMYLOUHARRIS | American singer-songwriter whose albums include Pieces of the Sky and Wrecking Ball |
| BOWIE | Late singer-songwriter whose albums include The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, Let's Dance and Blackstar (5) |
| OPTIMIST | Wearer of rose-colored glasses |
| ETERNALOPTIMIST | One who's always wearing rose-colored glasses |
| ROUGETHEDAY | Don rose-colored glasses? |
| CAN | Experimental German rock band whose albums included Ege Bamyasi and Future Days |
| SLAYER | Thrash metal band formed in 1982 whose albums included Reign In Blood and Hell Awaits (6) |
| FLEETWOODMAC | Rock band formed in 1967 whose albums included Rumours and Tusk (9,3) |
| GENESIS | English rock band whose albums included Foxtrot and Invisible Touch (7) |
| LOBO | American singer-songwriter whose hits included Me and You and a Dog Named Boo |
| JASONMRAZ | Grammy-winning American singer-songwriter whose albums include We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things. (5,4) |
| RAULMIDON | American singer-songwriter whose albums include 'If You Really Want' (4,5) |
| REM | Band whose albums included Reckoning and Document |
| THEJAM | Band whose albums included All Mod Cons (3,3) |
| ROYORBISON | American singer-songwriter whose 1960s hits include Only The Lonely and Crying (3,7) |
| ORBISON | Roy ___, American singer-songwriter whose hits include Only the Lonely, Crying and Oh, Pretty Woman |
