| OFRILEY | Luxury biography of female artist (3,4,2,5) |
| THELIFE | Luxury biography of female artist (3,4,2,5) |
| WHITNEYHOUSTON | American singer and actress whose single I Will Always Love You became the best-selling single by a female artist in music history |
| ADELE | "Hello" singer who was Billboard's Top Artist and Top Female Artist of 2016 |
| ARI | Nickname of Spotify's most-streamed female artist of the 2010s |
| RIHANNA | Billboard's Top Female Artist of 2011 |
| BEYONCE | Top Female Artist of the 2000s, per Billboard |
| SZA | Most- nominated female artist of the 2018 Grammys |
| SHERPA | Female artist capturing head of plucky Asian mountaineer |
| DIETITIAN | Female artist round back of Tate, one regulating courses |
| EFFEMINATE | Letter by female artist at end of guide camp (10) |
| DION | World's best-selling contemporary female artist of all time, per Billboard magazine |
| PATSY | Cline who was the first solo female artist elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame |
| TAYLORSWIFT | Lavender Haze singer who won the People's Choice Award for Female Artist of 2022: 2 wds. |
| FOUR | Number of #1 hits that Rihanna had in 2010 (the record for a female artist) |
| SABRINACARPENTER | American singer, songwriter and actress who in 2024 became the first female artist to occupy the top three spots of the UK Singles Chart simultaneously for two consecutive weeks (7,9) |
| ENYA | World's biggest-selling female artist in 2001 and 2002 |
| OKEEFFE | Female artist agreed pay rise before pay cut (7) |
| SPEARS | Highest paid female artist in 2012, per "Forbes" |
| ETCHER | Regularly entice female artist |
