| TEBEY | Canadian singer with a new 2024 country version of The Weeknd's song "Blinding Lights" |
| MORISSETTE | Canadian singer with a 1995 album that went 16x platinum |
| GORDONLIGHTFOOT | Orillia-born folk singer with a new album at age 81 |
| RUSTIC | Referring to country version of rugby - endless criticism follows |
| JULIANTAYLOR | Canadian singer-songwriter (who was the lead singer of Staggered Crossing) of brand new 2024 song "Ain't Life Strange": 2 wds. |
| SHABOOZEY | Hip-hop and alt-country singer with the 2024 country hit "A Bar Song (Tipsy)" |
| THEWEEKND | Canadian singer whose Blinding Lights was the #1 song on Spotify in 2020: 2 wds. |
| TAMS | Theo ___, Canadian singer of new 2024 song "A Little Bit Off " |
| BEYONCE | R&B, pop, and country singer with the 2024 country hit "Texas Hold 'Em" |
| EARNEDIT | Canadian singer The Weeknd's current hit tune off the 'Fifty Shades of Grey' soundtrack album: 2 wds |
| ABEL | ___ Tesfaye (real name of Blinding Lights singer The Weeknd) |
| BLACKOUT | Word for amnesia or deliquium; the blinding of all light in a city or a theatre; a break in communication; media censorship; a power cut; or, the suspension of a broadcast (8) |
| WEEKND | Blinding Lights and Call Out My Name singer, The _ (6) |
| OBAMA | President whose frequent walkout song was "City of Blinding Lights" |
| STONEHENGE | Megalithic ring on Salisbury Plain which is the subject of the Victoria-located Royal BC Museum's same-named new 2024 exhibition |
| DRAKE | Canadian singer with the tracks Too Good and One Dance (5) |
| JONIMITCHELL | Canadian singer with eight Grammys, more than any of her compatriots |
| LIGHTS | The Weeknd's dazzling hit, top of the Billboard All-Time 100 (8,6) |
| BLINDING | The Weeknd's dazzling hit, top of the Billboard All-Time 100 (8,6) |
| THE | Blinding Lights singer ___ Weeknd |
