| STARDUST | In this song Jack cleans back-to-front (8) |
| SWIPE | Nick cleans back to front (5) |
| MELLENCAMP | John, singer-songwriter noted for his song Jack & Diane (10) |
| ASS | Beck song "Jack-___" |
| BASALT | Regularly cleans back in tub -- not hot -- it's cooled down after running (6) |
| ANTIHERO | Taylor Swift admits "I'm the problem" in this song |
| LIMBERUP | Prepare to exercise leg, perhaps, and clean back |
| PENCHANT | Bent nib's instrumental to this song (8) |
| MADRIGAL | Very keen to have a girl perform this song (8) |
| RAINDANCE | "Can your telescope tell me where the sun's gone?" is a query from Christopher to the Astronomer in this song by The Guess Who: 2 wds. |
| WHENIMSIXTYFOUR | Paul writes that he chose the number in this song's title "to be just shy of retirement age" |
| AMEN | Beyonce asks for "mercy" in this song |
| ANYREQUESTS | "Are there breaks in this song?" (Surprise! Did you expect a clue about asking what someone wants from the market?) |
| UNCHAINEDMELODY | "Oh, my love, my darling, I've hungered for your touch a long, lonely time," sang Jimmy Young in this song (9,6) |
| ANDSHOUT | Released in 1963, this song was the opening track on The Beatles first EP; Twist ... (3,5) |
| OSOLOMIO | Heart of stone and largely dour, I love this song! (1,4,3) |
| ERUPT | Clean back and front of tyre that's burst (5) |
| IMAGINE | Aim to cultivate good in everyone at first, according to this song 50 yrs old this week (7) |
| LULL | This song will surely ___ the baby to sleep (put to sleep) |
| BACKINTHEUSSR | Finally singing this song at Moscow's Red Square in 2003 was, Paul writes, "a moment to savour" |