| JAGGER | English rock star (6) |
| STARR | English rock star and drummer, b. 1940 (5) |
| COMBAT | 1982 album by English rock band The Clash, _ Rock (6) |
| GNEISS | Genesis reformed cutting English rock (6) |
| SMITHS | The -; English rock band with the lead vocalist Morrissey (6) |
| TAYLOR | Roger, drummer in the English rock band Queen (6) |
| NEEDLE | One member of English rock group, one going on record (6) |
| MEDDLE | Sixth album by English rock band Pink Floyd (1971) (6) |
| ARGENT | English rock band with hit "God Gave Rock and Roll to You" |
| PREFAB | ____ Sprout, English rock band formed in 1978 by Paddy and Martin McAloon (6) |
| KAISER | _ Chiefs, English rock band fronted by Ricky Wilson (6) |
| THEWHO | English rock group whose 1965 debut album was My Generation (3,3) |
| THEJAM | English rock band whose hits included Down in the Tube Station at Midnight and That's Entertainment |
| DEEPPURPLE | English rock band formed in 1968 (4,6) |
| OCEANCOLOURSCENE | English rock band whose Top 10 hit singles include The Day We Caught the Train and Hundred Mile High City (5,6,5) |
| ERICCLAPTON | English rock and blues guitarist who is the only artist to be inducted three times into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: 2 wds. |
| ARCTICMONKEYS | English rock band formed in Sheffield in 2002 (6,7) |
| TREX | English rock band being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this year: 2 wds. abbr. |
| STATUSQUO | English rock band formed in the 1960s (6,3) |
| THESMITHS | 1980s English rock band whose members included singer Morrissey and guitarist Johnny Marr (3,6) |
