| JAGGER | Lead singer of The Rolling Stones who was somewhat controversially knighted in 2002, Mick ... |
| MICKJAGGER | Lead singer of the Rolling Stones who was knighted in 2003: 2 wds. |
| NATIVE | Indigenous or inborn; he was somewhat controversially (for 1878) returned by Thomas Hardy (6) |
| KEITHMOON | English drummer rated second-greatest drummer by Rolling Stone who was part of the band The Who: 2 wds. |
| OVER | Finished somewhat controversially (4) |
| ACRONYM | DMV, somewhat controversially |
| KEITHRICHARDS | Guitarist of The Rolling Stones who cameoed in Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End as Captain Edward Teague: 2 wds. |
| JONES | Brian _, musician and founder of the Rolling Stones who died in 1969 (5) |
| BRIANJONES | Founder of the Rolling Stones who died in 1969 |
| EMMA | Stone who was nominated for an Oscar for her role in The Favourite |
| SHARON | Stone who assists Terry Seattle in the fifth episode of "Murderville" |
| JUMPEDTHEGUN | Bound to find one of the journalist's article on local shooter was somewhat previous (6,3,3) |
| NANA | Liz Smith in The Royle Family was somewhat bananas (4) |
| ROCKTHEBOAT | Bebop’s insiders interrupting one of Stones, who are troublemakers |
| SMITH | Cook who baked the glace cherry topped cake that features on the artwork on the sleeve of The Rolling Stones' 1969 album Let It Bleed (5) |
| HOBO | Rolling Stone who bought sandwiches (4) |
| ADULTERATED | The 50s wasn't exactly an adult era. Teddy boys tended to behaviour that was somewhat unrefined (11) |
| COMEON | What was the name of the Rolling Stones first single? (4,2) |
| MICK | --- Jagger, lead singer and a founder member of the Rolling Stones (4) |
| LONDON | Capital city that was the site of the Rolling Stones' first show, on July 12, 1962 |
