| KURTS | Cobain and Vonnegut |
| TWENTYSEVEN | Age at which Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Kurt Cobain and Amy Winehouse died |
| NIRVANA | Kurt Cobain and Dave Grohl's grunge band labelled the 'flagship band' of Generation X (7) |
| KURT | Vonnegut or Cobain |
| FRANCES | Courtney Love and Kurt Cobain's daughter, ___ Bean Cobain |
| ONEG | Kurt Cobain, Jim Morrison, and Elvis Presley's supergroup, for short? |
| GOATEE | Something worn by Disraeli, Uncle Sam and Kurt Cobain |
| SUICIDE | How Kurt Cobain, Cleopatra and Tony Hancock died (7) |
| SON | "About a ___" (2007 movie about Kurt Cobain) |
| BRETT | "Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck" director Morgen |
| GUITARS | Clapton & Cobain instruments |
| CLOVE | Spice Girl associated with K. Cobain? (5) |
| POSTMODERNISM | Literary movement for Vonnegut and Pynchon |
| LETMEIN | R.E.M. tribute to Kurt Cobain off "Monster" |
| MONTAGEOFHECK | Kurt Cobain: ___ a documentary chronicling the singer's life which premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival: 3 wds. |
| KURTAS | Cobain takes a shine initially to Indian shirts (6) |
| MISHEARS | Thinks that Kurt Cobain is singing "Here we are now, in containers," e.g. |
| THESIRENS | And 16 1959 novel by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr (3,6,2,5) |
| KILGORETROUT | Fictional science fiction author in works by Kurt Vonnegut including Jailbird and Timequake (7,5) |
| HARRISONBERGERON | *Kurt Vonnegut short story that begins "The year was 2081, and everybody was finally equal" |
