| BANANARAMA | Female trio whose hits in the '80s include Venus, Robert De Niro's Waiting and I Heard A Rumour (10) |
| KAYSTARR | American jazz singer whose hits in the 1950s included Wheel of Fortune and The Rock And Roll Waltz |
| IRENE | American musician who had hits in the 80s with Fame and Flashdance, _ Cara (5) |
| SUGABABES | Pop trio whose hits include Red Dress (9) |
| TLC | American musical trio whose hits included Waterfalls and No Scrubs |
| WESTEND | Pet Shop Boys hit in the 80s, ... Girls (4,3) |
| RUBENS | Painter of princes, hunts, battles, nudes, mythological and religious scenes - his works include Venus and Adonis, The Tiger Hunt, The Great Last Judgement and The Triumph of Henry IV (6) |
| FRANKIEAVALON | American singer, actor and former teen idol whose hits include Venus and Why (7,6) |
| POPEYE | Dad and I heard comic sailor (6) |
| KIWI | New Zealander's answer you and I heard |
| EYECATCHER | I heard a common pet's expensive in Paris for anybody who's striking (10) |
| SPICEGIRLS | All-girl group who had three consecutive UK Christmas No 1 hits in the late 1990s (5,5) |
| MATTDRUDGE | His Web site had over 600 million hits in the past year |
| DENIRO | In a wellknown Bananarama hit, what is the name of the legendary actor who is 'waiting' and 'talking Italian'? (6,2,4) |
| ARETHAFRANKLIN | Which US singer had hits in the 1960s with the songs Respect and I Never and broadened her appeal in |
| ROBERT | See 19D In a wellknown Bananarama hit, what is the name of the legendary actor who is 'waiting' and 'talking Italian'? (6,2,4) |
| DEEELITE | '90s dance-pop trio whose "Groove"-y hit samples Herbie Hancock, a belly dancing record, and the theme from Green Acres |
| KANEGANG | English trio whose debut album yielded the 1984 hit singles Closest Thing to Heaven and Respect Yourself |
| JONASBROTHERS | Pop trio whose Like It's Christmas topped the Adult Contemporary chart in 2019: 2 wds. |
| IMWITHHER | Folk trio whose name predates 2016, or a hint to two words contained in each starred clue's answer |
