| VERVE | Label for Zappa and the Velvet |
| MICROWAVE | Warm voice contrived for Zappa, some say (9) |
| CHESTERTHOMPSON | American drummer who performed with Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention, and Genesis (7,8) |
| UNCLEMEAT | 1969 Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention double album |
| TODDHAYNES | Director of "Velvet Goldmine" and "The Velvet Underground" |
| BONGOFURY | 1975 album by Frank Zappa and the Mothers with Captain Beefheart |
| CELESTAS | Instruments featured in Tchaikovsky's "Dance of the Sugarplum Fairy" and the Velvet Underground's "S |
| FULLOFFRANKS | Like the club that Sinatra, Zappa and Capra belonged to? |
| VALLEYGIRL | 1982: Top 40 song for Frank Zappa and his daughter Moon Unit: 2 wds. |
| FREE | Frank Zappa and Elvis overtures dropped from set (4) |
| INIT | Very frank Frank Zappa album title "We're Only ___ for the Money" |
| FRANK | Zappa whose band, The Mothers of Invention, recorded the album "Burnt Weeny Sandwich" |
| ELECTRICRAZOR | One of The Blades tends to be plugged in at a live setting cutting Zappa short, for one? (8,5) |
| YELLOWSHARK | The last Zappa LP released in his lifetime, The ------ ----- (6,5) |
| SONS | Dweezil and Ahmet, to Frank Zappa |
| NET | "Once Again, Without the ___" by Frank Zappa |
| DWEEZIL | Zappa with the given name Ian |
| DADS | Ricky Nelson and Frank Zappa, to offspring rockers |
| NERD | ___ rock (genre for They Might Be Giants or Frank Zappa) |
| ENEMA | "The Illinois ___ Bandit" (Zappa song) |
