| NICKCAVE | Australian singer/songwriter who co-wrote the Peaky Blinders theme song Red Right Hand (4,4) |
| AMYWADGE | Singer/songwriter who co-wrote Thinking Out Loud with Ed Sheeran (3,5) |
| ULSTER | Land of the red right hand |
| LEGEND | John, U.S. singer/songwriter who co-wrote the song Glory for the 2015 film Selma (6) |
| RULEOFTHUMB | Red-right-returning, e.g. |
| SURRENDER | Original nurse, red, right to give in |
| TURTURRO | John _, actor who co-wrote the screenplay for, and starred in, the 2019 miniseries The Name Of The Rose (8) |
| CALLOWAY | Cab ---, bandleader who co-wrote the call-and-response song Minnie the Moocher |
| ERICIDLE | Member of the Monty Python team who co-wrote the musical Spamalot with John Du Prez |
| BENELTON | Actor and comedian who co-wrote the book for the 2010 musical Love Never Dies (3,5) |
| SHANNON | Australian singer-songwriter who first came to prominence as runner-up in Australian Idol 2003, ... |
| AMITY | Australian singer-songwriter who won The Block: All Stars, - Dry (5) |
| HOFFS | Susanna _, US singer- songwriter who co-founded the Bangles in 1981 (5) |
| ANDRE | Peter, British-Australian singer songwriter who made the 2006 album A Whole New World with his then wife Katie Price (5) |
| PETERKAY | Stand-up comic who co-wrote the sitcom Phoenix Nights |
| JOHNLENNON | English songwriter who co-founded the Beatles and is known for his song Imagine: 2 wds. |
| MIKA | Lebanese-born British singer-songwriter who co-hosted Eurovision (4) |
| STARTINGTODAY | Song by Australian singer-songwriter Natalie Imbruglia from the album Counting Down the Days: 2 wds. |
| CADD | Which Australian singer-songwriter wrote Love Is Like A Rolling Stone, a hit for the Pointer Sisters |
| IMPRESSION | Wrong ___ song by Australian singer-songwriter Natalie Imbruglia (birthday today) from the album White Lilies Island |
