| THEJETS | Group with the hits "Cross My Broken Heart" and "Make It Real" |
| JETS | "Cross My Broken Heart" band, with "The" |
| DOORKNOB | Hit cross back with handle (8) |
| RETAIL | Pass on the story and make it real |
| ACHES | "Now my broken heart ...; With every wave that breaks; Over love letters in the sand," sang Pat Boon |
| RIXTON | Band who recorded July No. 1 single Me and My Broken Heart (6) |
| ISLEY | ___ Brothers, pop group with the hits "It's Your Thing" and "Shout" |
| ABBA | Group with the hits "Honey, Honey" and "Money, Money, Money" |
| BTS | K-pop group with the hits Dynamite and Butter |
| TLC | Group with the hits Waterfalls and No Scrubs |
| REBA | "For My Broken Heart" singer McEntire |
| THREATEN | Bully has broken heart: and all fingers and thumbs! (8) |
| ANIMALS | The ___ (British Invasion group with the hit "The House of the Rising Sun") |
| COMEDOWNTOEARTH | Wake up nursing sad broken heart and face reality |
| ARETHAFRANKLIN | Broken heart, and a sincere line by popular singer (6,8) |
| GEORGESTRAIT | I Cross My Heart country singer named the ACM Artist of the Decade for the 2000s: 2 wds. |
| HBEATS | 1950's doo-wop group with the hit "A Thousand Miles Away," with "the" |
| FUGEES | 90's group with the hit "Killing Me Softly," with "the" |
| OSMONDS | Group with the hit 'One Bad Apple,' with 'the' |
| ZOMBIES | The ___ (British Invasion group with the hit "Time of the Season") |