| BILLIEHOLIDAY | Jazz and blues singer born in 1915 and known as Lady Day (6,7) |
| HOLIDAY | Billie, US jazz singer known as Lady Day (7) |
| LEADBELLY | Folk and blues singer born Huddie William Ledbetter (4,5) |
| ETTA | Jazz and blues singer James |
| NINA | Jazz and blues singer-songwriter, ___ Simone |
| ELLA | - Fitzgerald, jazz and blues singer (4) |
| BESSIE | ____ Smith, U.S. blues singer born in 1894 nicknamed the 'Empress of the Blues' (6) |
| MARAINEY | U.S. blues singer born in 1886, played in a 2020 film by Viola Davis (2,6) |
| HARRYHOUDINI | He was buried in 1915 and died in 1926 |
| EWANMACCOLL | Folk singer born in 1915 who co-founded the Theatre Workshop (4,7) |
| ERNESTANSERMET | Which professor of mathematics conducted Diaghilev's Russian Ballet in 1915 and later founded L'Orch |
| KOLKATA | Which Indian city, formerly known as Calcutta, is home to the Eden Gardens stadium and known as the cultural capital of India? (7) |
| OMAHA | City on the Missouri River, founded in 1854 and known as the 'Gateway to the West' (5) |
| INDIANA | 16th most populous U.S. state, situated in the Great Lakes region, and known as the Hoosier State (7) |
| ELONMUSKOXEN | Space age bovines from the north funded by a billionaire and known as HerdX? |
| HELAMYS | Genus of rodents allied to jerboas and known as jumping hares. (7) |
| MOGAU | Trained chef, cookbook author and known as The Lazy Makoti (5) |
| MODELT | First mass-affordable car, produced by Henry Ford and known as the 'Tin Lizzie' (5,1) |
| FAGAN | Birth name of US jazz and swing singer Billie Holiday (1915-1959), nicknamed 'Lady Day' (5) |
| ELEANORA | Birth name of US jazz and swing singer Billie Holiday (1915-1959), nicknamed 'Lady Day' (8) |
