| NUMBERONE | Chart-topping hit - myself (6,3) |
| GHOSTTOWN | Ricky Gervais film, or a chart-topping hit by The Specials (5,4) |
| DESPACITO | 2017 chart-topping hit whose YouTube video was the first to reach 3 billion views |
| FORTNIGHT | First chart-topping hit from The Tortured Poets Department (9) |
| YEARS | Chart-topping hit from Lukas Graham, 7 ___ (5) |
| NOONE | 2007 chart-topping hit for Alicia Keys: 2 wds. |
| SMASH | Chart-topping hit |
| ILLBETHERE | *1970 chart-topping hit for the Jackson 5 |
| FLAME | Eternal 1989 chart-topping hit for The Bangles (5) |
| NEED | 1967 Beatles chart-topping hit, All You ---- Is Love (4) |
| STEVENS | Shakin' - - -, Welsh singer known for his chart-topping hit Merry Christmas Everyone (7) |
| ENYA | Which Irish singer's first single, "Orinoco Flow", was a chart- topping hit in the UK? (4) |
| TAINTEDLOVE | Chart-topping hit for Soft Cell in 1981 (7,4) |
| MARIAHCAREY | Chanteuse with chart-topping hits found at the tops of 4-, 14-, 16- and 19-Down |
| KNOWINGME | Chart-topping 1977 ABBA hit, _ _, _ You (7,2,7) |
| INTHEMOOD | Chart-topping Glenn Miller tune |
| SACRIFICE | Chart-topping 1990 ballad by Elton John (9) |
| RELEASEME | Engelbert Humperdinck’s chart-topping debut single |
| SOLIDGOLD | 1980s chart-topping songs TV show featuring dancers: 2 wds. |
| EMOTIONAL | 1980 chart-topping album by The Rolling Stones (9,6) |
