| MARKKNOPFLER | Glasgow-born musician who was lead guitarist for 'Dire Straits' (4,8) |
| RUBINSTEIN | Polish-born musician who was awarded a Presidential Medal of Freedom |
| FAR | Song title for Dire Straits and Carole King, So ... Away |
| DADROCK | Genre for Dire Straits and Steely Dan, facetiously |
| PAULMCCARTNEY | Liverpool-born musician who became the oldest solo headliner at Glastonbury in 2022 (4,9) |
| MOZART | Salzburg-born musician who, in his 35 years of life, composed some 600 works including The Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovanni and The Magic Flute (6) |
| WORSEOFF | It's not getting any better on holiday for Dire Straits (5,3) |
| ANITAMANNING | Glasgow-born TV antiques expert (5,7) |
| THOMASLIPTON | Glasgow-born philanthropist and yachtsman whose grocery shops made him a millionaire by the age of 30 (6,6) |
| KRAMER | Billy J., singer born in 1943 who was lead vocalist of The Dakotas (6) |
| LESMCKEOWN | Singer who was lead vocalist for the Bay City Rollers (3,7) |
| BUGGY | Pay off includes great lead guitarist for an historic gig (5) |
| MICKMARS | Lead guitarist for the band Motley Crue: 2 wds. |
| RUGBY | Stone locking up lead guitarist for sport (5) |
| HARRISON | Name the lead guitarist for The Beatles, George ... (8) |
| BRIAN | --- May, lead guitarist for rock band Queen (5) |
| HANK | - Marvin, lead guitarist for The Shadows (4) |
| DAVIDBYRNE | British-U.S. singer/ songwriter who was lead singer and guitarist of the New Wave band Talking Heads (5,5) |
| RIC | Ocasek who was lead singer of the Cars |
| LYNOTT | Phil, Irish singer who was lead vocalist of the hard rock band Thin Lizzy (6) |
