| BBKING | Influential blues singer and guitarist who toured in the USSR in 1979 |
| ORBISON | Singer who toured in the form of a hologram with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra 29 years after his death (7) |
| JOEELY | American singer-songwriter and guitarist who toured and recorded with The Clash (3,3) |
| REDSQUARE | Where McCartney sang "Back in the USSR" in 2003 |
| JOEBONAMASSA | Influential blues guitarist, a long-standing collaborator of Beth Hart |
| SISTA | ___ Monica Parker, influential blues and soul artist |
| GUYBURGESS | British diplomat who defected to the USSR in 1951 and died in 1963 (3,7) |
| EDDIE | US rock-and-roll singer and guitarist who posthumously topped the UK charts with 'Three Steps to Heaven' in 1960 (5) |
| COCHRAN | US rock-and-roll singer and guitarist who posthumously topped the UK charts with 'Three Steps to Heaven' in 1960 (7) |
| BERRY | Chuck -, singer and guitarist who was among the pioneers of rock and roll (5) |
| CLAPTON | Singer and guitarist who recorded Layla and Tears in Heaven (7) |
| BONNIERAITT | US blues singer and guitarist whose 'Just Like That' was named Song of the Year at the 2023 Grammy Awards (6,5) |
| BUDDYGUY | Influential American blues singer and guitarist (5,3) |
| GEORGEBENSON | American singer and guitarist who has won Grammies for This Masquerade, On Broadway and Give Me the Night |
| OTISRUSH | Blues musician, singer and guitarist who played a lefthanded guitar strung upsidedown (4,4) |
| UKRAINE | One of the four original republics that formed the USSR in 1922 |
| RAITT | Bonnie --, US country blues singer and guitarist (5) |
| LEADBELLY | Pioneering US blues singer and guitarist (1888-1949) |
| WOLF | Howlin' ___, 20th-century American blues singer and guitarist (4) |
| MARC | English singer and guitarist who had hits with T. Rex, ---- Bolan (4) |
