| JAROD | Michael T Weiss's character in The Pretender. (First name) |
| HYNDE | Chrissie ___ is the singer in the Pretenders. (5) |
| PRETENDER | Michael T Weiss starred in this saga about a serial imposter (The ---------) |
| ALTAR | Pergamon ___ (structure described at the beginning of Peter Weiss's "The Aesthetics of Resistance") |
| HOUDINI | Erich Weiss's stage name |
| LEGAL | "Caught between the longing for love and the struggle for the _ _ _ _ _ tender", from Jackson Browne's "The Pretender" (5) |
| CHARLATAN | Alan uses a chart to confuse the pretender (9) |
| MORSE | Jarod ___: "The Pretender" |
| BROWNE | "The Pretender" singer Jackson |
| CHRISSIEHYNDE | The only founding member of the Pretenders who is still in the band |
| THECHAINGANG | Back On ___, song by The Pretenders that reached No. 17 in the UK charts in 1982 (3,5,4) |
| GETMEWRONG | Don't ____, song by The Pretenders, released in 1986 (3,2,5) |
| CHAINGANG | Back on the ___ ___: song written by Chrissie Hynde and released by her band, The Pretenders, in 1982 (5,4) |
| EAR | The Pretenders "Got in my ___ when I'd just begun" |
| GANG | Back on the Chain ___ (1982 hit for the Pretenders) |
| VIEW | The Isle Of ----, live unplugged album by The Pretenders (4) |
| HYMNTOHER | Single by The Pretenders, released in 1986 (4,2,3) |
| ALIBI | Good name for a band covering the Pretenders |
| JAMESHONEYMANSCOTT | Founding member of the rock band the Pretenders (5,8-5) |
| BRASS | Song by the Pretenders: "_ in Pocket" |
