| LORDI | Finnish heavy metal band; Eurovision Song Contest 2006 winners |
| LEONA | & 11A Singer; 2006 winner of the ITV series The X Factor (5,5) |
| LEWIS | Singer; 2006 winner of the ITV series The X Factor (5,5) |
| SETHI | Geet -, 1992, 1993, 1995,1998 and 2006 winner of the WPBSA World Billiards Championship (5) |
| LEONALEWIS | Singer; 2006 winner of ITV series The X Factor (5.5) |
| UNTIL | _ It Sleeps, song that was a 1996 hit for US heavy metal band Metallica (5) |
| ANVIL | Played in a heavy metal band? Was a hit for "The Smiths" (5) |
| JUDAS | _ Priest, British heavy metal band (5) |
| SCOTT | ____ Travis, drummer for heavy metal band Judas Priest, born in 1961 (5) |
| SAXON | English heavy-metal band known for 1980's Wheels of Steel (5) |
| DEREK | Bassist of the fictional heavy metal band Spinal Tap, played by US actor and comedian Harry Shearer (5,6) |
| TESLA | Heavy metal band named after a famous physicist |
| HESSE | His novel "Steppenwolf" inspired the name of a heavy-metal band |
| NIKKI | Co-founder and bassist of heavy metal band, Motley Crue, ___ Sixx |
| WELDS | Joins a heavy metal band, say |
| GRENVILLE | Kate ___, 2006 winner of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for novel The Secret River (9) |
| WESTMEAD | and 2dn, 2005 and 2006 winner of the English Greyhound Derby (8,4) |
| PROKOPCUKA | Jelena -, 2005 and 2006 winner of the New York City marathon women's race |
| AMES | Stephen ...., golfer; 2006 winner of The Players Championship (4) |
| HAWK | see 17ac, 2005 and 2006 winner of the English Greyhound Derby (8,4) |
