| TASTE | Irish rock and blues band led by Rory Gallagher (5) |
| BLARNEYSTONE | Famous Irish rock and roll? Rely on absent characters (7,5) |
| CHRIS | British rock and blues star whose hits include Auberge, On The Beach and The Road to Hell (5,3) |
| LUCAN | Clan set out to conceal upper-class fugitive lord played by Rory Kinnear (5) |
| HEART | US rock band led by sisters Ann (vocals) and Nancy (guitar) Wilson, formed in 1974 (5) |
| OASIS | Band led by Liam and Noel Gallagher |
| DOORS | The ___ Roadhouse Blues band and recipient of the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2007 |
| STAMP | Climax Blues Band 1975 LP, _ Album (5) |
| NEARY | Tony, England rugby union player whose record for most caps was beaten by Rory Underwood (5) |
| ALIBI | 1979 hit for Irish rock band Thin Lizzy, Waiting for an ----- (5) |
| CREAM | Dairy food; a neutral colour; or, a former rock band led by Eric Clapton (5) |
| THEYD | "___ Never Believe Us" (Climax Blues Band) |
| ASLAN | Billy McGuinness is the guitarist in which Irish rock group? (5) |
| BONGO | Irish rock star carries German drum |
| ERICCLAPTON | English rock and blues guitarist who is the only artist to be inducted three times into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: 2 wds. |
| REA | British rock and blues star whose hits include Auberge, On The Beach and The Road to Hell (5,3) |
| CHRISREA | English rock and blues singer/songwriter noted for his 1989 song The Road to Hell (Part 2) (5,3) |
| ERIC | ___ Clapton, rock and blues guitarist (4) |
| ARTICHOKE | Globe -; depicted in paintings by Rory McEwen and designs by William Morris, a purple-flowered species of thistle cultivated in kitchen gardens as a food (9) |
| THINLIZZY | Irish rock band founded in Dublin in 1969 by Brian Downey and Phil Lynott |
