| STYLES | Former member of British band One Direction who has had a US No.1 single and album since going solo (6) |
| HORAN | Surname of Niall, the member of One Direction who has previously been a judge on The Voice in the US in 2023 and 2025 (5) |
| WAR | One of the most popular protest songs ever released, a US No.1 in 1970 (3) |
| THEAMERICANBREED | Group who had a US Top 10 hit with the single Bend Me, Shape Me in 1968 |
| WILDTHING | Song which was a US No.1 for English band The Troggs in 1966 (4,5) |
| ERNIEKDOE | He had a US Number 1 in 1961 with Mother-In-Law (5,1,3) |
| NIALL | Singer who was a member of boy band One Direction, ----- Horan (5) |
| MARCOPOLO | Explorer who has had a breed of sheep, a ship, and Venice Airport named after him (5,4) |
| SOUND | and 9ac, Let's Dance, David's non-US no.1 single (5,3,6) |
| AMPUTEE | A person who has had a limb, or part of a limb, removed (7) |
| KIMPHILBY | Member of British intelligence who worked as a spy for the Soviet Union in the 1930s, '40s and '50s (3,6) |
| LOUIS | Member of popular boy band One Direction, ___ Tomlinson (5) |
| ANDVISION | see 1ac, Let's Dance, David's non-US no.1 single (5,3,6) |
| BODYGUARDS | The Band, one of those in The Police and One Direction - they generally don't mind their own business (10) |
| RELAX | Chart-topping debut single of British band Frankie Goes to Hollywood, released in 1983 (5) |
| ZAYN | Singer, formerly of UK boy band One Direction, ---- Malik (4) |
| LIAM | ____ Payne, English singer/songwriter who was in boy band One Direction (4) |
| SOUNDANDVISION | Let's Dance, David's non-US no.1 single |
| DAHL | Roald -; author who wrote about his life in Boy and its continuation Going Solo (4) |
| ALONE | 1987 US No.1 and UK No. 3 hit by American rock band Heart, from the album Bad Animals (5) |
