| TBONEWALKER | Blues guitar god who recorded "They call it stormy Monday": Hyph: 2 wds |
| TEACUP | Do drinkers find it stormy? (6) |
| HOPWILSON | Blues guitar god who recorded "My woman got a black cat bone": 2 wds |
| TABBENOIT | Blues guitar god who recorded "Louisiana Style": 2 wds |
| ROYBUCHANAN | Blues guitar god who recorded "The Messiah will come again": 2 wds |
| ONENIGHTSTAND | Performance given only once at any one place (hyph., 2 wds) |
| RIBROAST | Beef cut heroes (hyph.) (2 wds.) |
| TAKEHOMEPAY | Net income: Hyph: 2 wds |
| MELANIEGRIFFITH | Star of the 1988 thriller "Stormy Monday" (2 wds.) |
| TBONE | "Stormy Monday" blues pioneer ___ Walker |
| JIMI | Guitar god who had an Experience, to fans |
| SOCCER | In Britain, they call in football - this is what they call it in America (6) |
| PLUNDER | "To ___, to slaughter, to steal, these things they misname empire, and where they make a wilderness, they call it peace": Tacitus (7) |
| STEVIEWONDER | He played harmonica on Elton John's "I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues" |
| ROMAN | Alphabet used for writing English - when the Japanese are using it they call it romaji |
| IGUESS | Elton John hit, "... that's Why They Call it the Blues" (1,5) |
| GUESS | Elton John track, "I ... That's Why They Call it the Blues" (5) |
| ISLAND | Iceland is and it's what they call it (6) |
| KICK | To go for a field goal (Maybe it's the reason they call it "football?) |
| ACRE | God's... churchyard, they call it: created without end till recreated? (6,4) |