| KNIGHT | Gladys ---, vocalist backed by the Pips |
| GLADYS | ___ Knight, singer backed by the Pips (6) |
| IWERE | "If _ ___ Your Woman" by Gladys Knight & The Pips |
| END | "The ___ of Our Road" (Gladys Knight & the Pips song) |
| DARLENELOVE | Singer backed by the Blossoms whose single He's a Rebel was released by Phil Spector under the name "the Crystals" (7,4) |
| GLADYSKNIGHT | Leader of the Pips who sang the National Anthem at the 2019 Super Bowl in her hometown of Atlanta: 2 wds. |
| MIDNIGHTTRAINTO | ____ Georgia, signature song by Gladys Knight And The Pips that was released in 1973 (8,5,2) |
| NEITHER | Gladys Knight & The Pips' "___ One of Us" |
| MIDNIGHTTRAINTOGEORGI | 1973 #1 hit for Gladys Knight and the Pips |
| USEMY | Gladys Knight and the Pips' 'I've Got to ? Imagination' |
| EVERY | Gladys Knight and the Pips "___ Beat of My Heart" (5) |
| TRAIN | Gladys Knight & the Pips hit, Midnight ___ to Georgia |
| GRAPEVINE | 1967 hit song for Gladys Knight & the Pips (9) |
| KRAMER | Surname of the 1960s singer backed by the Dakotas (6) |
| ADAM | Singer backed by the Ants in the early 1980s (4) |
| MIDNIGHT | _Train to Georgia, 1976 Top 10 UK hit for Gladys Knight and the Pips (8) |
| TIMESIGNAL | Relates to the pips in giant limes all over the place (4,6) |
| TRAPPISTS | The monks are, when the pips go off, about to start back (9) |
| CEDE | Give way to the pip, by the sound of it (4) |
| SEEDS | Tennis players get the pips! (5) |