| WESTLIFE | Irish boy band formed in 1998 (8) |
| TAKETHAT | Boy band formed in 1989 (4,4) |
| THEVAMPS | Boy band formed in 2012 noted for their album Night & Day (3,5) |
| IMPRISON | Lock up mischief-maker, revolutionary Irish boy (8) |
| MARYLAND | Irish boy jumping over lake in frenzied state |
| SEASNAIL | Irish boy describes small trouble getting marine mollusc (3,5) |
| DIRECTION | British boy band formed in 2010, One --------- (9) |
| BLUE | British boy band formed in 2000 (4) |
| NSYNC | Justin Timberlake's boy band, formed in 1995 (5) |
| ALLTIMELOW | Debut single by British-Irish boy band The Wanted released in 2010 (3,4,3) |
| BOYZONE | Irish boy band noted for their 1998 UK No 1 hit No Matter What (7) |
| WILDDREAMS | Twelfth studio album by Irish boy band Westlife released in 2021 (4,6) |
| WORDS | 1968 hit by the Bee Gees covered by Irish boy band |
| EAST | Boy band formed in 1991 featuring John Hendy and Brian Harvey, _ 17 (4) |
| ONEDIRECTION | British-Irish boy band with the 2014 #1 album "Four": 2 wds. |
| ATOMIC | _ _ _ _ _ _ Kitten, girl group formed in 1998 (6) |
| EUROPOL | Commonest name for an international law enforcement agency formed in 1998 |
| SOLID | So ____ Crew, British garage and hip hop collective that was formed in 1998 (5) |
| SUGABABES | Girl group formed in 1998, with an often-shifting line-up (9) |
| EMAIL | Message in English Irish boy rejected |
