| ROWLAND | Kevin ___, lead singer of Dexy's Midnight Runners (7) |
| KEVINROWLAND | The frontman of Dexys Midnight Runners (5.7) |
| CHAPLIN | Tom ___, lead singer of Keane whose stage name on the third series of The Masked Singer was Poodle (7) |
| HAYWARD | Justin _, lead singer of the rock band The Moody Blues (7) |
| DOHERTY | Pete _, lead singer of The Libertines (7) |
| BURGESS | Tim _, lead singer of The Charlatans (7) |
| MERCURY | Freddie _, lead singer of Queen (7) |
| ADAMSON | Stuart ___, lead singer of Big Country (7) |
| SIMMONS | Gene _ lead singer of rock band Kiss (7) |
| KROEGER | Chad ___ (Lead singer of Canadian rock band Nickelback) |
| STYRENE | Poly ___ (Lead singer of X-Ray Spex, the '70s British punk band) |
| MCGUIRE | Ra ___ (Lead singer of Canadian rock band Trooper) |
| GENO | ____ Washington, soul singer who inspired Dexys Midnight Runners' first No. 1 (4) |
| EILEEN | Girl in the title of a 1982 hit song by Dexys Midnight Runners (6) |
| CAMEROONEILEEN | Dexys Midnight Runners hit about a girl in Yaounde? |
| COMEON | No.1 hit for Dexys Midnight Runners (4,2,6) |
| COMEONEILEEN | 1982 hit single by Dexys Midnight Runners |
| COME | "___ on Eileen" (hit for Dexys Midnight Runners) |
| ONEHITWONDER | Dexys Midnight Runners or Vanilla Ice (2 wds.) |
| OLD | 'The dumb patriots have their say,' went the Dexys Midnight Runners song (3) |