| EDSHEERAN | English singer/songwriter born in 1991 whose albums include +, x and A· (2,7) |
| MALESEX | Result of an X and a Y chromosome |
| MUNN | Olivia _, actress whose films include X-Men: Apocalypse (4) |
| TENANTS | Occupants include X number of termites (7) |
| ALLURE | American beauty magazine, founded in 1991, whose contributors have included Arthur Miller, John Updike and Isabel Allende (6) |
| THELEGENDOFZELDA | Video game series, launched in 1991, whose protagonist is called Link |
| TULISA | English singer/songwriter born in 1988 who was a member of the R&B/hip hop group N-Dubz (6) |
| JESS | ***** Glynne, English singer-songwriter born in 1989 (4) |
| JOANARMATRADING | Singer/songwriter born in Saint Kitts in 1950 whose albums include Into The Blues (4,11) |
| BARRYMANILOW | US singer-songwriter born in 1943 whose songs include 'Could It Be Magic' and 'Mandy' (5,7) |
| JAMIELYNNSPEARS | Actress and singer born in 1991 who was a 2023 I'm A Celebrity... contestant (5,4,6) |
| RODSTEWART | British singer/songwriter born in 1945 whose UK No. 1 hits include Sailing and Baby Jane (3,7) |
| LIONELRICHIE | U.S. singer/songwriter born in Tuskegee in Alabama in 1949 (6,6) |
| ELVISCOSTELLO | English singer-songwriter born Declan Patrick MacManus in 1954 (5,8) |
| TIMBERLAKE | Justin, U.S. singer/songwriter born in Memphis in 1981 (10) |
| JOHNNYCASH | U.S. singer/songwriter born in 1932 who was nicknamed The Man in Black (6,4) |
| EARLE | Steve, country, rock, and folk singer/songwriter born in 1955 (5) |
| KATIE | ____ Melua, singer-songwriter born in Georgia in 1984 (5) |
| DIDO | Florian Cloud de Bounevialle O'Malley Armstrong, English singer/songwriter born 1971 (4) |
| GEORGE | ____ The Poet, spoken word performer and award-winning podcast host born in 1991 (6) |
