| DAVE | London rapper behind the recent hit Starlight (4) |
| AIKEN | Name the promoter behind the recent ill-fated Garth Brooks concerts. (5) |
| PSY | Rapper behind the 2012 "Gangnam Style" YouTube sensation |
| NAS | Rapper behind the "King's Disease" trilogy |
| JARULE | Rapper behind the Fyre Festival fiasco |
| YOUR | Recent hit fromRecent hit from Billie Eilish (4,5) |
| GONE | ___ Girl: recent hit novel and film. (4) |
| RUTH | ___ Wilson, 8A's co-star in recent hit drama Mrs Wilson (4) |
| HOLY | Recent hit for Justin Bieber (4) |
| ISNT | Assembling it in starlight is request for reassurance (4,2,7) |
| ERIN | Actress Moriarty who plays Starlight on "The Boys" |
| NUNN | Former RSC artistic director who directed Andrew Lloyd Webber's stage musicals Cats and Starlight Express (4) |
| COKE | Soda with a Starlight edition, familiarly |
| POWER | Recent hit fromRecent hit from Billie Eilish (4,5) |
| OLLYMURS | Singer whose most recent hit is You Don't Know Love (4,4) |
| BODYGUARD | Recent hit series starring 8A as the Home Secretary and Richard Madden in the title role (9) |
| HUNGUP | Recent hit single by Madonna, put down the phone (in past tense) (4,2) |
| THATSCOOLIOS | Exclamation about an item belonging to the rapper behind "Gangsta's Paradise"? |
| LAMAR | Rapper behind Mr Morale & The Big Steppers (8,5) |
| KENDRICK | Rapper behind Mr Morale & The Big Steppers (8,5) |
