| 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. |
| SOLANGE | Her "A Seat at the Table" was named the best album of 2016 by Pitchfork |
| BEYONCE | Her "Lemonade" was named the third-best album of 2016 by Pitchfork |
| MARLO | ___ Stanfield ("The Wire" kingpin, named the second-greatest TV villain of all time by Rolling Stone) |
| VISIONS | Bob Dylan song from his Blonde on Blonde album, ------- of Johanna (7) |
| EMILYPOST | Etiquette expert named the second most powerful woman in America in 1950 |
| HULKHOGAN | Late professional wrestler noted for his blonde horseshoe moustache (4,5) |
| OCEAN | Frank whose "Blonde" topped Pitchfork's "200 Best Albums of the 2010s" list |
| BONO | The band U2 was named the winner of the 2025 Woody Guthrie Prize in September; this man, along with the Edge, will accept the prize on the group's behalf in Tulsa on Oct.21 |
| STVINCENT | Her self-titled album was named the best of 2014 by The Guardian and Entertainment Weekly |
| NICO | "The Velvet Underground & ___" (1967 album that topped Billboard's list of the best album covers of all time in August, 2023) |
| JAZZ | Musical genre that was named the Word of the Twentieth Century by the American Dialect Society |
| DAMN | Pitchfork's best album of 2017 |
| ANNEHATHAWAY | The wife of William Shakespeare, to whom he left the 'second-best bed' in his will |
| MESSI | Lionel who was named the best player of the 2022 World Cup |
| UNITEDNATIONS | Organization headed from 2007 to 2016 by South Korea's Ban Ki-moon (2 wds.) |
| JAZMINESULLIVAN | Singer whose EP "Heaux Tales" topped many Best Albums of 2021 lists |
| TAYLORSWIFT | The first female artist to win the Grammy for Best Album three times |
| LICENSEDTOKILL | 1965 film starring Tom Adams as secret agent Charles Vine, released in the US under the title The Second Best Secret Agent in the Whole Wide World |
