| THEEDGE | Lead guitarist with U2, born David Howell Evans (3,4) |
| EDGE | Lead guitarist with U2, born David Howell Evans, The _ (4) |
| PROBONO | Unsalaried expert with U2 pilot? |
| NOVELLO | Ivor ?, Welsh actor, songwriter and dramatist born David Ivor Davies in 1893 (7) |
| REDDAWN | Patrick Swayze and C. Thomas Howell action film |
| NYTIMES | Howell Raines' domain, for short |
| NATALIE | Lovey Howell in Gilligan's Island, ... Schafer (7) |
| SOULMAN | 1986 romcom starring C Thomas Howell and Rae Dawn Chong |
| HITCHER | The ?, 1986 film thriller starring Rutger Hauer and C Thomas Howell (7) |
| SHIGEKI | ___ Maruyama, Japanese golfer who won the 2001 Greater Milwaukee Open in a play-off against Charles Howell III |
| MANZANERA | Phil, lead guitarist with Roxy Music born in 1951 (9) |
| RICHIESAMBORA | Lead guitarist with rock band Bon Jovi from 1983 to 2013 (6,7) |
| MAY | Brian ?, lead guitarist with Queen |
| EYEGLASS | Watch lead guitarist with girl - that's a solitary spectacle (8) |
| REMI | _ Carter, lead guitarist with Summer Bay band Lyrik (4) |
| NOEL | Former lead guitarist with Oasis, _ Gallagher (4) |
| FRANCISROSSI | Founder member and lead guitarist with Status Quo (7,5) |
| HYNDE | Chrissie ---, singer and lead guitarist with the Pretenders (5) |
| SLASH | Who is the lead guitarist with Guns 'n' Roses? (5) |
| GRAHAM | Lead guitarist with Blur, _ Coxon (6) |
