| SHELTON | Margaret ___ (20th-century Canadian artist) ...or... Blake ___ (21st-century American country music singer) |
| BURR | Raymond _, 20th-century Canadian actor who starred in the TV dramas Perry Mason and Ironside (4) |
| OCT | Saturday, ___. 21st, 2017 |
| WILF | Mr. Carter, 20th-century Canadian country star |
| AMANDA | Actresses Plummer or Blake |
| ERE | Before, to Byron or Blake |
| RAE | John ____ (19th century Canadian explorer) |
| POE | Browning, Byron or Blake |
| LYNN | "In the long run, you make your own luck-good, bad, or indifferent." She is an American country music singer who was known as the "Queen of Country." |
| REBA | Ms McEntire, American country music artist (4) |
| OWEN | American country music performer who was Alabama's lead singer, Randy ... |
| LUCINDA | _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Williams - American country music singer whose 2020 song Big BlackTrain was a metaphor for depression (7) |
| PATSYCLINE | American country music singer who died in a plane crash in 1963 |
| WILLIENELSON | American country music singer-songwriter whose compositions include Funny How Time Slips Away and Crazy |
| LORETTA | American country music singer-songwriter whose autobiography, Coal Miner's Daughter, was made into an Oscar-winning film |
| CLINE | Patsy ---, American country music singer whose hits include the 1961 recording Crazy (5) |
| WYNONNA | ___ Judd, American country music singer born Christina Claire Ciminell in 1964 |
| PEDALSTEELGUITAR | Instrument most often heard in American country music, an anagram of SATELLITE UPGRADE |
| HEEHAW | American country music variety show: 2 wds. |
| MCGRAW | American country music star and actor, Tim ------ (6) |
