| STANSFIELD | Lisa , winner of the national singing competition Search for a Star in 1980, aged fourteen (10) |
| IBRAMXKENDI | Youngest winner of the National Book Award for Nonfiction |
| SUGARJONES | "Days Like That" vocal group which was created on the Canadian version of singing competition show "Popstars": 2 wds. |
| TRAINCARLY | Prepare Simon for a singing competition? |
| RANGER | Senior Girl Guide, aged 14-18; or, a person in charge of forest or parkland (6) |
| ALICIAMARKOVA | British dancer who joined Diaghilev's Ballets Russes in 1925, aged 14 |
| CASTOR | Pivoting furniture wheel; twin brother of Pollux; a star in Gemini; a beaver fur hat; or, a container for sprinkling sugar (6) |
| ALDEBARAN | Meaning "the follower", due to its apparent trailing of the Seven Sisters, a star in the constellation Taurus, described as said bull's red eye (9) |
| ALKAID | A star in the constellation Ursa Major, at the end of the Big Dipper's handle (Talk aids hiding it, perhaps?) (6) |
| KEVINBACONSTRIP | From a star in "Murder in the First" to a breakfast sizzler? |
| IDOL | Kelly Clarkson was the first winner of the hit singing competition American ___ |
| MOSS | English supermodel who was discovered aged 14 and has appeared on more than 300 magazine covers (4) |
| SHAPIRO | Helen ___, singer who by 1962 had four top 5 hits aged 14 and 15 |
| REDSWIVELCHAIRS | Fall 2024: Canadian crooner Michael Buble is one of the Coaches (who sit in these iconic seats) on NBC's singing competition "The Voice": 3 wds. |
| EPITAPH | Karen Carpenter's reads: "A Star on Earth, A Star in Heaven" |
| CARRYON | He is famous for being a star in which series of British films? (5,2) |
| SINATRA | Remake of 'A Star In Films', or maybe 'rat' as in 'pack' (7) |
| HESPERUS | Pianist going round the country, a star in the evenings |
| ALTO | A left to last competitor in the singing competition? (4) |
| EMMA | 1975 Hot Chocolate hit about a girl who was "a star in everyone's eyes" |
