| GREENDAY | Band who wrote the theme song for 1-Across |
| VANHALEN | U.S. hard rock band who wrote Jump (3,5) |
| ADAMS | Bryan who'll be singing the theme song for 1-Across |
| CAROLEKING | Pop legend who co-wrote (along with 1-Across)the theme song for 1-Across's new sitcom |
| ARAUCARIA | Gold vehicle featuring in song for 1 Across (9) |
| ALF | Clausen who wrote the theme song for "The Simpsons" |
| REGINA | Spektor who wrote the theme song to "Orange Is the New Black" |
| AIMEE | Mann who wrote the theme song to the podcast "I Said No Gifts!" |
| ANKA | Paul who wrote the theme for Carson's "The Tonight Show" |
| JANHAMMER | He wrote the theme song to "Miami Vice," which hit #1 in 1985 |
| ENO | English number by Brian, who wrote the theme music for the BBC's Arena (3) |
| TESH | John who wrote the theme to "The NBA on NBC" |
| READE | Composer who wrote the theme to The Victorian Kitchen Garden and, with Tim Gibson, Antiques Roadshow (5) |
| BART | Lionel **** , composer who wrote the theme to Bond film 'From Russia With Love' (4) |
| ERICIDLE | Member of the Monty Python team who wrote and sang the theme song for the TV series One Foot in the Grave |
| UPONA | For the first four years of Walt's Disneyland foray into television starting in 1954, the theme song for the show was the Pinocchio hit, When You Wish ... Star (4,1) |
| TRENT | River for Jackie, who co-wrote the theme for Neighbours with Tony Hatch (5) |
| JOSEFELICIANO | Singer/guitarist who wrote and performed the theme song for '70s sitcom "Chico and the Man": 2 wds. |
| BOBJAMES | Grammy Award-winning American jazz keyboardist who wrote Angela, the theme song for the TV series Taxi (3,5) |
| EYEOFTHETIGER | Single, released by the US rock band Survivor, which was the theme song for the 1982 film Rocky III |
