| DURY | Ian ?, singer-songwriter portrayed by Andy Serkis in 2010 biopic Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll |
| BERRY | Chuck ?, singer-songwriter portrayed by Mos Def in 2008 biopic Cadillac Records (5) |
| IANDURY | Singer-songwriter portrayed by Andy Serkis in 2010 biopic Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll (3,4) |
| NOUNS | Religious women hiding love for sex and drugs and rock and roll? |
| DENIS | Leary of "Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll" |
| STONER | I enjoy drugs and rock and roll, primarily |
| SEX | Partner of drugs and rock & roll |
| GOLLUM | Monstrous character played by Andy Serkis in The Lord of The Rings film trilogy (6) |
| CAESAR | Evolved chimpanzee played by Andy Serkis in the Planet of the Apes reboot film series (6) |
| FATSDOMINO | American R&B and rock and roll pianist and singer-songwriter best known for Blueberry Hill |
| ALFRED | _ Pennyworth, comic book character played on screen by Andy Serkis and Michael Caine (6) |
| LES | First name of the only person in the Inventors and Rock and Roll Halls of Fame |
| STEELE | English teen idol and rock and roll star who reached No. 1 in 1957 with Singing the Blues, Tommy ___ (6) |
| HANKWILLIAMS | Singer-songwriter portrayed on screen by George Hamilton, Sneezy Waters and Tom Hiddleston (4,8) |
| DOMINO | Fats, U.S. jazz and rock-and-roll pianist born in 1928 (6) |
| ETTA | James in both the Blues and Rock and Roll Halls of Fame |
| ERAS | "Big band" and "rock and roll" e.g. |
| SMEE | Duck out of kinky sex and drugs (4) |
| DEPAUL | Lynsey ?, singer-songwriter who, with Mike Moran, represented the UK in the 1977 Eurovision Song Contest with Rock Bottom |
| BEST | Eve ___, actress who portrayed Wallis Simpson in 2010 biopic The King's Speech (4) |