| MOYET | Michel - - - , former Basildon player whose daughter Alison found fame with the pop group Yazoo (5) |
| VORM | Michel, former Dutch international goalkeeper |
| TORK | Peter, bass guitarist and singer with the pop group "The Monkees" (4) |
| PINNOCK | Singer with the pop group Little Mix, Leigh-anne ------- (7) |
| SEGAL | George --, American painter and sculptor associated with the Pop Art movement (5) |
| SLATE | Actress Jenny who found fame with a viral animated short about a seashell |
| NIALL | Former member of the pop group One Direction, ----- Horan (5) |
| ISAAC | The pop group Hanson was made up of the brothers ..., Taylor & Zac |
| KLASS | Myleene, musician and model who was in the pop group Hear'Say (5) |
| ESSEX | Historic English county that contains the new towns of Basildon and Harlow (5) |
| ABBOT | English musician, actor and comedian whose characters include Basildon Bond, Cooperman and C U Jimmy (4,5) |
| TOYAH | Eighties singer starts to take on Yazoo at hitmaking (5) |
| ADAMKAY | Former doctor who found fame with the 2017 memoir This is Going to Hurt (4,3) |
| DONOR | Benefactor from Basildon, oriental (5) |
| DELTA | Yazoo region |
| JEAN | see 7dn, Haitian rapper, musician and actor who found fame with the Fugees |
| WYCLEFJEAN | Haitian rapper, musician and actor who found fame with the Fugees (6,4) |
| WYCLEF | and 50dn, Haitian rapper, musician and actor who found fame with the Fugees |
| IMPEL | Drive English leader around in centre of Basildon |
| INKSPOTS | Vocal group in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, with "The" |
