| NESMITH | Mike --, a member of the pop rock band the Monkees (7) |
| GENDARME | Grenade explodes around Mike, a member of a French force (8) |
| PETERSON | Debbi ___ American musician who was the drummer for the pop rock band The Bangles |
| MONDAY | Manic ____ , song by U.S. pop rock band The Bangles released in 1986 (6) |
| ADAM | ___ Levine lead singer of the pop rock band Maroon 5 |
| DAN | Singer Reynolds of the pop rock band Imagine Dragons |
| BASS | Instrument for Este Haim of the pop rock trio Haim |
| MCGOUGH | Roger, Liverpool poet and former member of the pop group The Scaffold (7) |
| PRIVATE | Churchman takes in Victor in place of Mike, a soldier of the lowest rank (7) |
| TSARIST | Mike, a top novelist from St Martin's, got into trouble writing about a person of great power in Russia (7) |
| FORMICA | Dictation for Mike - a laminated sheet (7) |
| ADMIRAL | Officer Mike a drunken laird grabs (7) |
| OMICRON | Mike's a different bloke after love letter (7) |
| BANGLES | The _; all-female pop/rock band (7) |
| MONKEES | With "The", show that spawned a 60s pop-rock band |
| SCISSOR | US pop rock band who released the 2006 album Ta-Dah, _ Sisters (7) |
| DAVEDEE | Frontman of the pop band alongside Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich (4,3) |
| TAKEAIM | Direct at Mike, a lunatic (4,3) |
| ERASURE | Deletion of synth-pop duo seen on Top of the Pops (7) |
| THECARS | "You Might Think" they're a great pop-rock band |
