| MCGARRIGLE | Kate -, Canadian folk singer-songwriter; late mother of singers Rufus and Martha Wainwright |
| LAURAVINSON | Free Spirit... Canadian folk singer/songwriter of "Charlotte Small": 2 wds. |
| STANROGERS | Acclaimed Canadian folk singer/songwriter tragically killed in a plane disaster in 1983: 2 wds. |
| DIANA | - - -, Princess of Wales, late mother of Princes William and Harry (5) |
| ALI | ___ Spencer, late mother of young Amelia in the Dales (3) |
| MUM | Queen ___ (nickname for the late mother of Queen Elizabeth II) |
| FOREVERYOUNG | Canadian folk singer Neil who's been cryogenically preserved? |
| IAN | Canadian Folk singer ___ Tamblyn |
| GORDONLIGHTFOOT | Canadian folk singer from Orillia |
| STAN | Canadian folk singer Rogers |
| AHI | Tuna type, or Canadian folk singer |
| TYSON | Canadian folk singers Ian or Sylvia |
| JOANBAEZ | American folk singer, songwriter and activist who helped to bring the songs of Bob Dylan to prominence |
| PEGGY | Granddaughter of Phil Mitchell, named after his late mother in EastEnders (5) |
| AINTNOBODY | Rufus and Chaka Khan's hit of 1983 (4,6) |
| NATHANIELRATELIFF | American folk singer/ songwriter whose first album was In Memory of Loss in 2010 (9,8) |
| BOGLE | Eric ___, Scotland-born folk singer-songwriter whose works include And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda (5) |
| EARLE | Steve, country, rock, and folk singer/songwriter born in 1955 (5) |
| DURHAMTOWN | Song by late folk singer/songwriter Roger Whittaker released in 1969 (6,4) |
| ELTONJOHNDENVER | English rock star and American country-folk singer/songwriter |