| DANNYWILSON | Band formed in Dundee which had a 1988 hit with 'Mary's Prayer' (5,6) |
| FAIRGROUND | Band fronted by Glasgow-born Eddi Reader, which had a 1988 hit with 'Perfect, '- Attraction' (10) |
| SNOWPATROL | Band formed in Dundee who had a 2006 hit with 'Chasing Cars' (4,6) |
| TANITATIKARAM | Singer who had a 1988 hit with Twist in My Sobriety |
| TRACYCHAPMAN | Singer-songwriter who had a 1988 hit with Fast Car |
| EDDYGRANT | Singer who had a 1988 hit with 'Gimme Hope Jo'anna' (4,5) |
| SOUPDRAGONS | The -, band formed in Belshill in 1985 which had a 1990 hit with 'I'm Free' (4,7) |
| ICHTHYOSAUR | Extinct marine Mesozoic reptile which had a porpoise-like body (11) |
| COWDENBEATH | Fife town which had a booming coal-mining industry (11) |
| TAYLORDAYNE | Singer with the 1988 hit "Don't Rush Me": 2 wds. |
| ENYA | Irish singer and composer Eithne Pedraigin Ni Bhraonain, who had a huge 1988 hit with the album Watermark (4) |
| FASTCAR | 1988 hit with a recent resurgence in popularity |
| REBA | Name of a 1988 hit country album and a mid-2000s sitcom |
| MAXIPRIEST | English reggae singer who had a 1988 UK Top 10 hit with a cover of Wild World |
| MANINTHEMIRROR | One asked "to change his ways," per a 1988 hit |
| HARRYBELAFONTE | U.S. singer and actor who had a Christmas UK No 1 hit in 1957 with Mary's Boy Child (5,9) |
| WHENTHECATSAWAY | New Zealand female group which had a No.1 in 1988 with a song that was in the charts for 15 weeks (4,3,4,4) |
| SMALLFACES | Band which had a hit with 'Itchycoo Park' in 1967 (5,5) |
| OASIS | Band which had a hit with 'Wonderwall' in 1995 (5) |
| SPANDAUBALLET | Band which had a hit with 'True', a song about Clare Grogan (7,6) |
