| STVINCENT | Her self-titled album was named the best of 2014 by The Guardian and Entertainment Weekly |
| TRUEDETECTIVE | HBO crime drama named best dramatic series of 2014 by the Writers Guild of America: 2 wds. |
| CORAL | The ---, Merseyside band whose first, self-titled album was Mercury nominated in 2002 (5) |
| BABYSITTER | Temporarily keeps an eye on the issues raised by The Guardian and 2 down - the poseur (10) |
| JUDGEJUDY | Highest-paid TV star of 2014, by far |
| SOLANGE | Her "A Seat at the Table" was named the best album of 2016 by Pitchfork |
| MESSI | Lionel who was named the best player of the 2022 World Cup |
| LATS | Standard unit of currency of Latvia replaced in 2014 by the Euro (4) |
| CHANTAL | With 15-Across, director whose 1975 film, Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles, was named the best film of all time in a recent Sight & Sound poll |
| LOVE | New ___ song by Dua Lipa which served as the first single of her self-titled debut album |
| ONE | Be the ___ song by Dua Lipa from her self-titled debut album |
| SLEEP | We All ___ Alone 1988 song by Cher which was released in her self-titled eighteenth album |
| BEYONCE | Her "Lemonade" was named the third-best album of 2016 by Pitchfork |
| TRACYCHAPMAN | Singer whose song Fast Car, from her self-titled debut album, was a #6 hit in 1988: 2 wds. |
| ANNESOPHIEPIC | Michelin-starred French chef named the Best Female Chef by The World's 50 Best Restaurants in 2011 |
| LANG | Singer who appeared on the cover of the first issue of Entertainment Weekly |
| USER | The Guardian and the Queen are sort of friendly? (4) |
| FRANKOCEAN | His "Blonde" was named the second-best album of 2016 by Pitchfork: 2 wds. |
| DAVIDBOWIE | His "Blackstar" was named the fourth-best album of 2016 by Pitchfork: 2 wds. |
| JAZZ | Musical genre that was named the Word of the Twentieth Century by the American Dialect Society |
