| INKSPOTS | In the 1930s and 1940s, the ____, were one of the first African American vocal groups to be popular with both black and white audiences |
| MANHATTANPROJECT | In the 1940s, the ____ produced the first nuclear weapons |
| SYNERGY | Potential ability of groups to be more successful as a result of a merger (7) |
| PLEASURECRUISE | Request certain shipboard groups to be heard in floating holiday (8,6) |
| SUPREMES | The ____ are America's most successful vocal group to date |
| VENUS | First name of the First African American woman to be ranked No. 1 in tennis in the Open Era. (5) |
| OAKS | Country pop vocal group, to their fans |
| MENOFHONOR | 2000 film starring Cuba Gooding Jr. which tells the story of the first African American Master Diver in the US Navy (3,2,5) |
| SIDNEY | First name of the first African-American to win a Best Actor Oscar |
| ROCKHEWNCHURCHES | The ____ near Lalibela in Ethiopia were one of the first 12 Unesco world heritage sites to be designated, in 1978 |
| ROONEY | American actor who played Andy Hardy in 16 films in the 1930s and 1940s (6,6) |
| MICKEY | American actor who played Andy Hardy in 16 films in the 1930s and 1940s (6,6) |
| INKLINGS | Tolkien and C S Lewis were members of this informal literary discussion group in Oxford during the 1930s and 1940s |
| WEISSMULLER | Johnny ___, Olympic medal-winning swimmer who played Tarzan in films in the 1930s and 1940s (11) |
| NELSONEDDY | Baritone who starred in eight films with Jeanette MacDonald in the 1930s and 1940s |
| ARTIESHAW | US clarinettist and popular bandleader of the 1930s and 1940s (5,4) |
| TREE | 'And the leaves of the ___ were for the healing of the nations' (Revelation 22: 2) (4) |
| DURUTTI | Punk band the ____ Column were one of the first acts signed by Tony Wilson's Factory Records |
| GARFUNKEL | US folk rock duo who were one of the best-selling music acts of the 1960s, Simon & _ (9) |
| SWING | Music of the 1930s and 1940s (5) |
