| GARCIA | Jerry ___, lead guitarist and vocalist with the US rock band Grateful Dead (6) |
| UNCLE | "___ John's Band" (Grateful Dead song) |
| THAYER | Tommy ---, lead guitarist in the US rock band Kiss since 2002 (6) |
| STEVIE | - - - Nicks, songwriter and vocalist with Fleetwood Mac, pictured below right (6) |
| CARTER | Lead guitarist and Eden Fowler's bandmate in Home and Away (4,6) |
| ROLAND | ____ Orzabal, English songwriter and vocalist in the pop rock band Tears For Fears (6) |
| ANIMUS | The main difference with the US is the hostility encountered (6) |
| SINGER | Vocalist with the chance to resign? (6) |
| NICOLE | Lead vocalist with The Pussycat Dolls, ... Scherzinger |
| BALBOA | Official currency of Panama along with the US dollar (6) |
| NVIDIA | Company required to share revenue from chip sales in China with the US government. (6) |
| RUSSIA | Country from which India faces scrutiny for its oil imports amid trade tensions with the US. (6) |
| EUROPE | Continent providing crucial support to Ukraine's war effort with the US. (6) |
| MEXICO | Country which shares a border with the US (6) |
| HOAGIE | Submarine sandwich associated with the US city of Philadelphia, PA, similar to heroes, grinders, po'boys etc. eaten elsewhere (6) |
| TEHRAN | Capital city of Iran involved in direct military conflict with the United States after precision airstrikes. (6) |
| GSEVEN | Org. with the USA, U.K., and five more |
| EYEOFTHETIGER | Single, released by the US rock band Survivor, which was the theme song for the 1982 film Rocky III |
| PEARL | Jeff Ament and Eddie Vedder are members of the US rock band ... Jam |
| DESPERADO | 1973 single and album by the US rock band Eagles (9) |
