| NUSHOOZ | Husband-wife duo with hits in "Point of No Return" and "I Can't Wait" |
| IMPATIENT | I am one to receive treatment, and I can't wait (9) |
| TITANIC | Huge object returns, and I can't move (7) |
| SIMPSON | Ashford & ___, husband and wife duo noted for songs including the 1985 hit, Solid (7) |
| NINA | Assassin code name of Bridget Fonda's character in "Point of No Return" |
| RUBICON | One stabs Polish prisoner in point of no return (7) |
| INEZ | ----and Charlie Foxx, duo with hit "Mockingbird" in 1960s (4) |
| RIGHTEOUSBROTHERS | US duo with hit "Unchained Melody" in 1965 and 1990 (9,8) |
| OKAPI | OK father! Return and I will show you the animal (5) |
| COMMUNARDS | Duo with hit Don't Leave Me This Way in 1986 (10) |
| JAZZMEN | Kenny Ball and his --, trad group with hits in 1960s (7) |
| CLARK | The Dave -- Five, English rock group with hits in 1960s (5) |
| MENAGEATROIS | Husband, wife and lover see to a margin of error (6-1-5) |
| DEF | ___ Leppard (rock group with hits in the 1980s) |
| VEE | Bobby --, US singer with hits in 1961-63 (3) |
| CROCE | Jim with hits in the 1970s |
| ACTUALLY | In point of fact, in reality, in truth, to be sure (8) |
| SAMELOVE | 2013 Macklemore/Ryan Lewis hit with the lyric "And I can't change, even if I tried" |
| IMAMAN | 1967 hit with the repeated lyric "Yes I am / And I can't help / But love you so" |
| CURE | English rock band with hits Just Like Heaven and Friday I'm in Love, The ___ |
