| GEORGEHURST | British conductor who formed the Bournemouth Sinfonietta in 1968 |
| ACRES | Compton ___, garden in the Bournemouth suburbs (5) |
| MARRINER | Sir Neville, British conductor who founded the Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields (8) |
| NEVILLE | British conductor who founded the Academy of St. Martin-in-theFields (7,8) |
| SIMONRATTLE | British conductor who became music director of the London Symphony Orchestra in 2017 (5,6) |
| BOULT | Adrian, British conductor who died in 1983 (5) |
| RATTLE | British conductor who has led orchestras based in Berlin, Birmingham and London |
| SOLTI | Georg, Hungarian born British conductor who died in 1997 (5) |
| GIBB | Surname of the brothers who formed the musical group the Bee Gees in 1958 (4) |
| ELP | Rapper who formed the duo Run the Jewels with Killer Mike, in 2013 |
| KIMDEAL | Former bassist in the Pixies who formed The Breeders (3-4) |
| GEORGSOLTI | British conductor born in Hungary who died in 1997 (5,5) |
| ANZAC | Remembered annually on April 25, any one of the men who formed the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps at Gallipoli in 1915 (5) |
| ARTBLAKEY | American jazz drummer and bandleader who formed the Jazz Messengers with Horace Silver in the 19505 (3,6) |
| POPSINGERS | The dads who formed the community male voice choir? |
| PAULWELLER | English singer-songwriter who formed The Jam and the Style Council |
| CHIPANDDALE | Cartoon rodents who formed the detective agency the Rescue Rangers: 3 wds. |
| PAPADOC | Nickname of the dictator who formed the Tontons Macoutes |
| HOOVER | Who formed the Electric Suction Sweeper Company in 1908? (6) |
| MAURICE | One of three brothers who formed The Bee Gees in 1958 (7) |
