| SAYER | Leo ___, singer-songwriter whose first hit single was The Show Must Go On in 1973 |
| LEOSAYER | Singer whose first hit was The Show Must Go On (3,5) |
| EZRA | George _, English singer/ songwriter whose first hit single was Budapest in 2014 (4) |
| REM | Band whose first hit single was "The One I Love" |
| FENDER | Sam ___, singer-songwriter whose debut album Hypersonic Missiles was released in 2019 (6) |
| BUSH | Kate ___, singer-songwriter whose 1978 debut single Wuthering Heights reached No.1 (4) |
| SMITH | Patti ___, singer-songwriter whose albums include Horses (1975) (5) |
| ADELE | Singer whose first hit single was Chasing Pavements in 2008 (5) |
| KESHA | Singer whose first hit single was TiK ToK |
| TVRATINGS | Factor in determining if the show must go on |
| VENUE | Where the show must go on? |
| AIRTIME | When the show must go on |
| TROUPER | 'The show must go on' proponent |
| ELVISPRESLEY | 20th Century American rock'n'roll icon whose first hit single was 1956's Heartbreak Hotel (5,7) |
| AIRTIMES | When the shows must go on |
| DUALIPA | British singer/songwriter whose first UK No 1 hit single was New Rules in 2017 (3,4) |
| SLADE | Their first hit single was "Get Down And Get With It" (5) |
| BRYANADAMS | Popular Canadian singer whose first hit in the UK was Run to You in 1985 (5,5) |
| EARLE | Steve _, singer- songwriter, born 1955, whose biggest selling single was the 1988 Copperhead Road (5) |
| LSLOWRY | Status Quo's first hit single was inspired by this artist |
