| SPICEGIRLS | Group that made up the phrase zig-a-zig-ah in their 1997 hit Wannabe: 2 wds. |
| HANSON | Group that made up the word MMMBop in a 1997 song of the same name |
| RWANDA | Country that made up the former territory of German East Africa ( 1885- 1919) with Burundi and mainland Tanzania ( 6) |
| THINGSCANONLYGETBETTER | D:Ream single used by the Labour Party in their 1997 General Election campaign |
| GRODAS | Frode ...... , Norway goalie who played for Chelsea in their 1997 FA Cup Final win over Middlesbrough (6) |
| POSSE | Group that made the Wild West less wild |
| INAPINCH | Ah, in Northern Ireland politically correct leaders about to do so if necessary! (2,1,5) |
| ANGUINE | Anxiously suing? Ah, in agonising mental pain (7) |
| ALLURE | New York-based R&B girl group best known for their 1997 hit single All Cried Out with 112 |
| SAVAGEGARDEN | Australian pop duo noted for their 1997 hit song Truly Madly Deeply (6,6) |
| CHUMBAWAMBA | British rock band best known for their 1997 hit single Tubthumping (11) |
| OILRUB | One may evoke ahs in spas |
| DENIM | Fabric for the working man which made up the iconic garment of the second half of the twentieth cent |
| SHAGGY | Rapper who made up the word boombastic in a 1995 song of the same name |
| MARYJBLIGE | Singer who made up the word hateration in her 2001 hit Family Affair: 3 wds. |
| TIN | Metal that made up a woodman in Oz |
| GABON | Former colonial territory that made up French Equatorial Africa (1910-1958) with the French Congo, Ubangi-Shari and Chad (5) |
| AQUA | Danish-Norwegian Europop music group noted for their 1997 UK No 1 hit Barbie Girl (4) |
| STOOGE | Any one of the trio, Moe, Curly and Larry, who made up the vaudeville and comedy act of the mid 20th |
| PAVAROTTI | Operatic tenor, 1935-2007, the highest profile of the singers who made up the Three Tenors (9) |
