| SHAY | Dan + ___ (country duo with the hits "Tequila" and "10,000 Hours") |
| RAE | ___ Sremmurd (duo with the hits No Type and Black Beatles) |
| SHIRES | The _, country duo who have had five top ten albums (6) |
| JUSTINBIEBER | Pop/R&B singer who's also topped the Country chart, thanks to 10,000 Hours with Dan + Shay: 2 wds. |
| DUNN | Brooks & _ (country duo) |
| SONGS | "10,000 Hours" and "A Thousand Miles" |
| MASTER | Put 10,000 hours into, it's said |
| SUGARLAND | Country music duo with the hit song ?Want To? |
| WHAM | 1980s duo with the hit Everything She Wants |
| ROXETTE | Swedish duo with the hit "Listen to Your Heart" |
| SAM | ___ & Dave (legendary soul duo with the hit "Hold On, I'm Comin'" |
| LASSE | Who did the "double-double" by winning the 5,000 and 10,000 metres gold medals, at the 1972 Munich and 1976 Montreal Olympics? (5) |
| VIREN | Who did the "double-double" by winning the 5,000 and 10,000 metres gold medals, at the 1972 Munich and 1976 Montreal Olympics? (5) |
| EMILZATOPEK | Who created an Olympic first by winning the gold medal in 5,000 and 10,000 metres and also the marathon at the 1952 Helsinki Games? (4,7) |
| ETHIOPIA | Home country of the former 5,000- and 10,000-metre run world record holder Kenenisa Bekele (8) |
| YEN | Currency with notes in denominations of 1,000, 5,000 and 10,000 |
| AGAVE | Genus of plants with a species used for tequila and another known as the century plant from which a natural sweetener derives (5) |
| MARGARITA | Cocktail of tequila and lemon juice, the Mallorca version often uses lime, herb agave and chili salt (9) |
| TEARSFORFEARS | Duo with the 1985 hit "Shout" (and a hint to this puzzle's theme) |
| BROODS | NZ music duo with the albums Conscious and Evergreen (6) |
