| CELIACRUZ | Havana-born singer known as the Queen of Salsa |
| HOLLYCOLE | Halifax-born singer known for her famous Trio: 2 wds. |
| ANADEARMAS | Havana-born actor who played Paloma in No Time to Die |
| CELIA | Singer Cruz known as the "Queen of Salsa" |
| CRUZ | Celia known as the "Queen of Salsa" |
| CUBA | Birthplace of Celia Cruz, "Queen of Salsa" |
| ISLAY | Southernmost of the Inner Hebrides, known as 'The Queen of the Hebrides' (5) |
| CHAKA | ___ Khan, byname of U.S. singer/songwriter born Yvette Stevens, known as the Queen of Funk (5) |
| KOCHI | Port city on the Malabar coast of SW India known as the Queen of the Arabian Sea (5) |
| CLEMATIS | Plant of the buttercup family also known as the "Queen of climbers", the Balearic variety has small cup-shaped cream flowers (8) |
| CHRISTIE | Known as the "Queen of Crime", the bestselling novelist of all time (8) |
| THEOLOGY | Field of study known as the "Queen of the Sciences" |
| NICKI | ___ Minaj, singer-songwriter born in 1982, known as the 'Queen Of Rap' (5) |
| RIGI | Iconic peak in the Swiss Alps known as the Queen of the Mountains, depicted in many paintings by J. |
| LYNN | "In the long run, you make your own luck-good, bad, or indifferent." She is an American country music singer who was known as the "Queen of Country." |
| MARIELLOYD | Entertainer known as the Queen of the Music Hall (5,5) |
| DUMFRIES | Town known as the Queen of the South (8) |
| MADONNA | Singer/actress known as the "Queen of Pop" |
| ARETHA | Singer who was known as the Queen of Soul, _ Franklin (6) |
| ELLAFITZGERALD | Singer ____ was known as the Queen of Jazz |