| TIGERBAY | Area of Cardiff that is the birthplace of Shirley Bassey |
| MERTHYRTYDFIL | Town approximately 23 miles north of Cardiff that was once the largest town in Wales |
| CAMBRIAN | Latin-derived term for a countrywoman of Shirley Bassey |
| LISVANE | A leading novelist lives in this terribly posh area of Cardiff (7) |
| BAY | Tiger ___, former dock area of Cardiff (3) |
| BUTETOWN | When my brother first went to this youth centre, it was in a rough area of Cardiff which became known as Tiger Bay (8) |
| GOLDFINGER | The first of three Bond films to which Shirley Bassey sang the theme song (10) |
| BIGSPENDER | "The minute you walked in the joint..." begins which Shirley Bassey hit? (3,7) |
| MOONRAKER | Bond movie that was the third to have a theme sung by Shirley Bassey (9) |
| ASLONGASHENEEDSME | Song that was a hit for Shirley Bassey in 1960 |
| MARIA | Shirley Bassey had a 1962 hit with the hymn Ave ___ |
| IAMWHATIAM | Song by Jerry Herman from the musical La Cage aux Folles, recorded by Gloria Gaynor and Shirley Bassey, among others (1,2,4,1,2) |
| NEEDSME | As Long as He ___, song from Oliver! that was a hit for Shirley Bassey (5,2) |
| SPOONERISM | Burly chassis for Shirley Bassey, say? (10) |
| WELSH | Like Roald Dahl and Shirley Bassey, by birth |
| ASHE | Shirley Bassey hit, As Long ___ Needs Me |
| DIAMONDS | Bond film with a famous theme sung by Shirley Bassey, - - - Are Forever (8) |
| DAMES | Shirley Bassey and Angela Lansbury, for two |
| SPENDER | "Big -", song which has been recorded by Peggy Lee and Shirley Bassey (7) |
| DAME | Shirley Bassey or Olivia Newton-John, e.g. |
