| HYNDE | Chrissie ___, member of The Pretenders (5) |
| ALONE | As suggested by title, Chrissie Hynde was only member of The Pretenders on this 2016 album (5) |
| CHRISSIE | The founder, lead singer and sole constant member of the Pretenders rock group (8,5) |
| CHRISSIEHYNDE | The only founding member of the Pretenders who is still in the band |
| PSEUD | One of the Pretenders with cover of Precious — flipping outstanding! |
| WHITE | Ex-Emmerdale characters Lawrence and Chrissie _ (5) |
| GRANT | Duncan _; member of the Bloomsbury Group (5) |
| BLISS | Sister _, member of the band Faithless (5) |
| STARR | Ringo _, member of The Beatles (5) |
| PETTY | Tom _, member of the Traveling Wilburys (5) |
| BUENA | Mutya _, member of the Sugababes (5) |
| WEBBE | Simon _, member of the boy band Blue (5) |
| NERVO | Jimmy ___, member of the Crazy Gang whose comedy partner was Teddy Knox (5) |
| TYNER | Pianist McCoy ___, member of the John Coltrane Quartet |
| BERET | Green ___ (member of the Army Special Forces) |
| ODDIE | Bill ___, member of The Goodies |
| LEGAL | "Caught between the longing for love and the struggle for the _ _ _ _ _ tender", from Jackson Browne's "The Pretender" (5) |
| STYLE | "Gonna use my arms, gonna use my legs, gonna use my _ _ _ _ _, gonna use my sidestep", from The Pretenders' "Brass In Pocket" (5) |
| STAND | The Pretenders hit, I'll ___ By You |
| ALIBI | Good name for a band covering the Pretenders |
