| THEBEATLES | Group whose songs get spoonerized in 18-, 23-, 32- and 46-Across |
| ASS | Word spoonerized in "bass ackwards" |
| JAMESDASHNER | Author of 32- and 46-Across: 2 wds. |
| OPRAH | Patti LaBelle wrote one of her theme songs, "Get With the Program" |
| BUTTERCHURN | Dairy implement, and a hint to what's hidden in 16-, 23-, 32-, and 44-Across |
| PLAYS | Hit songs get a lot of them |
| WELLSPOKEN | Articulate spoonerized words from a witch no longer asleep (4-6) |
| BREAKINGWAVES | Common sight in the ocean, or what this puzzle is doing in the circled letters of 17-, 23-, 32-, and 40-Across |
| BLACKEYEDPEAS | Hip-hop group whose songs "Boom Boom Pow" and "I Gotta Feeling" were simultaneously #1 and #2 in 200 |
| BEEGEES | Disco group whose songs "Night Fever" and "Stayin' Alive" were simultaneously #1 and #2 in 1978: 2 w |
| ABBA | Swedish pop group whose songs feature in the musical and film Mamma Mia! and the sequel (4) |
| MIXEDBAG | Variety, and what's literally hidden within 17-, 23-, 32-, 42- and |
| POINTER | The ___ Sisters, U.S. R&B group whose song Automatic reached No 2 in the UK charts in 1984 (7) |
| THEREALTHING | British soul group whose song You to Me Are Everything reached number 1 in the UK Singles Chart in 1976 |
| BLUR | Britpop group whose songs include Charmless Man (4) |
| SISTERS | The Pointer _, girl group whose songs include 'Jump (For My Love)' (7) |
| BTS | Group whose song "Butter" spent ten weeks at No. 1 in 2021 |
| BANDIT | Clean ____, electronic music group whose song Rockabye was a UK No. 1 hit in 2016 (6) |
| POE | Author whose work is referenced in Jan Terri's song "Get Down Goblin" |
| JOJO | He left his home in Tucson in the Beatles song "Get Back" |
