| ICRY | Ja Rule hit that includes the lyric "Wash away your tears" |
| AINT | Jennifer Lopez and Ja Rule hit, ... It Funny (3'1) |
| ITON | "Put ___ Me," 2001 Ja Rule hit |
| ARMYSONG | Military ditty that includes the lyrics "goes rolling along," with "The" |
| JOYTOTHEWORLD | Example of 38 Down that includes the lyric 'And heaven and nature sing' (3,2,3,5) |
| STEPON | Happy Mondays song which includes the lyric 'you're twistin' my melon, man' (4,2) |
| CARDIB | Rapper whose "Bodak Yellow" includes the lyric "I don't dance now, I make money moves" |
| ATATURK | "You, the mothers wipe away your tears. Your sons are now lying in our bosom and are at peace. Havin |
| ALWAYSONTIME | 2002 #1 hit for rapper Ja Rule |
| AWAY | Get ___ 2001 song by Christina Milian that featured Ja Rule |
| RINSE | It will wash away the end of Summer in the South-east (5) |
| CALIPHATE | Form of rule hit palace badly (9) |
| HORTICULTURE | New court rule hit growers' work (12) |
| DICTATORSHIP | Maybe Stalin's rule hit Castro badly, going into decline |
| ALWAYS | "___ on Time" by Ja Rule with Ashanti |
| 5CENT | Rapper who feuded with Ja Rule and Nas |
| IRV | Music producer Gotti who worked with Ja Rule and J.Lo |
| TAXMAN | Which Beatles song, penned by George Harrison, includes the lyrics, 'Should five per cent appear too small, Be thankful I don't take it all'? (6) |
| RIDERSON | 1971 song which includes the lyrics: Like a dog without a bone/An Actor out on loan (6,2,3,5) |
| THESTORM | 1971 song which includes the lyrics: Like a dog without a bone/An Actor out on loan (6,2,3,5) |