| RITAMACNEIL | Canadian singer born in Cape Breton |
| SEET | Canadian singer born in Singapore |
| JUSTINBIEBER | Canadian singer born in 1994 noted for his UK No1 hits Sorry and Love Yourself (6,6) |
| SHANIATWAIN | Canadian singer born Eilleen Regina Edwards in 1965 |
| GOLFERS | Those enjoying Cabot Cliffs in Cape Breton Island |
| ERSE | Language heard in Cape Breton, at times |
| ASPY | ___ Trail, in Cape Breton Highlands National Park |
| INLANDS | Bone and Spectacle in Cape Breton's biosphere reserve lake |
| EBAN | Diplomat born in Cape Town |
| FIDDLE | 'Big ___ of the Ceilidh' (Celtic music attraction on Sydney's waterfront in Cape Breton) |
| CRUMB | Had a little strong drink to taste in Cape Breton, briefly (5) |
| ABBA | Mr Eban, Israeli foreign minister 1966-74 born in Cape Town (4) |
| RIHANNA | Pop singer born in 1988 in Barbados (7) |
| BUDDYHOLLY | Singer born in Lubbock, Texas in 1935 |
| ELVISPRESLEY | Singer born in Tupelo, Mississippi, in 1935 (5,7) |
| KRALL | Diana, Canadian jazz pianist and singer born in 1964 (5) |
| BARRY | ***** Manilow, singer born in New York in 1943 (5) |
| EDITH | Ms. Butler, Acadian singer born in Paquetville in New Brunswick |
| EDITHPIAF | 1959's Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien singer born in France in 1915 (5,4) |
| MARAINEY | U.S. blues singer born in 1886, played in a 2020 film by Viola Davis (2,6) |
