| LORETTA | Forename of the American "coal miner's daughter" country singer (7) |
| BIOPICS | "Coal Miner's Daughter" and "What's Love Got to Do with It" |
| DANGELO | Actress Beverly who played Patsy Cline in "Coal Miner's Daughter" |
| TWEEDS | Pretty daughter's country clothing (6) |
| COLLIER | Coal-miner, coal-carrying ship (7) |
| PITPROP | Support for coal miners? (7) |
| FACEMAN | Coal miner, e.g.; Nam cafe (anag.) * (7) |
| SKINNER | Former coal miner who served as MP for Bolsover for 49 years, from 1970 to 2019 (7) |
| METHANE | Coal miner's concern |
| SISSY | Winner of the Best Actress Oscar for the 1980 film Coal Miner's Daughter (5,6) |
| SPACEK | Winner of the Best Actress Oscar for the 1980 film Coal Miner's Daughter (5,6) |
| LORETTALYNN | This queen of country music, a coal miner's daughter, died in Oct. at 90 (7,4) |
| LYNN | American country music singer-songwriter whose autobiography, Coal Miner's Daughter, was made into an Oscar-winning film |
| APTED | British film director of Coal Miner's Daughter and the Up! documentary series, Michael ... |
| SISSYSPACEK | Oscar-winning star of the 1981 musical biopic Coal Miner's Daughter (5,6) |
| OFMORN | "...start all over come the break ___" ("Coal Miner's Daughter" line) |
| LLS | "Coal Miner's Daughter" singer ... her initials-sharers |
| LOR | "Coal Miner's Daughter"singer Ms. Lynn, to pals |
| SISSYS | Ms. Spacek's of "Coal Miner's Daughter" (1980) |
| DEEPS | Cape Breton Island coal miners choral group, The Men of the ___ |
