| SUGABABES | Girl group formed in 1998, with an often-shifting line-up (9) |
| ATOMIC | _ _ _ _ _ _ Kitten, girl group formed in 1998 (6) |
| ISOTHERM | Mother is shifting line on map (8) |
| ENTRYISTS | Those who join another political party with an often secret aim of changing its principles (9) |
| CHARLOTTECHURCH | Welsh singer who hit the charts in 1998 with Voice of an Angel (9,6) |
| STEPS | Which pop group had chart-toppers in 1998 with Heartbeat and Tragedy? (5) |
| ISRAEL | Country which won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1998 with Diva by Dana International |
| LENO | Jay with an often-spoofed jaw |
| GNU | Animal with an often punned-upon name |
| SATURDAYS | The _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ , BritishIrish girl group formed in 2007 whose members included Frankie Bridge and Una Healy (9) |
| ATOMICKITTEN | Pop girl group formed in Liverpool in 1998 (6,6) |
| ETERNAL | Girl group formed in the 1990s and going on forever? (7) |
| CHILD | Destiny's ____, ex-U.S. girl group formed in 1990 whose members included Beyonce (5) |
| BELLYFLOP | An ungainly dive distinguished by one's breadbasket, corporation, paunch or venter slapping the water's surface, resulting in an often painful spectacle of water displacement and embarrassment (5,4) |
| RADIOHEAD | English alternative rock group formed in 1985 (9) |
| PAPETERIE | French word for an often antiquarian box for stationery and writing materials (9) |
| WETWETWET | Scottish soft rock group, formed in 1982 (3,3,3) |
| HOLEINONE | Inspiration for an often-repeated golf story |
| AOA | This girl group formed by FNC Entertainment debuted (with eight members) in 2012 with the single album Angels' Story |
| EUROPOL | Commonest name for an international law enforcement agency formed in 1998 |
