| SHANIA | Ms. Twain of new CTV music competition "The Launch" |
| DUO | From the Latin for "two", a piece of music composed for a brace, couple, pair or twain of pianists, opera singers, violinists or other performers of the same name (3) |
| HOYS | Featuring the dramatic puissance competition, the abbreviated name of an annual event marking the end of the equestrian season (1,1,1,1) |
| BANDS | Battle of the ___ (music competition) |
| RATRACE | The sort of competition the Pied Piper ended? (3,4) |
| TINYDESKCONTEST | This annual NPR music competition was won in mid-May by Sacramento artist The Philharmonik, for a videotaped performance of his song "What's It All Mean?" |
| VOICE | Music competition coached by Blake Shelton, with "The" |
| AYDA | Former judge on music competition show The X Factor, ---- Williams (4) |
| EISTEDDFOD | Did Dot deal with fees from the music competition? (10) |
| APOLLO | The US looked towards the moon with the launch of this series of missions |
| FINALE | The launch of fifty fireworks in the span of a minute, say |
| HAFT | Handle the end of the launch toward the stern (4) |
| SHANIAS | Canadian singer Ms. Twain's |
| CMAS | Twain-of-tunes' trophies, tiny-ly |
| REDSWIVELCHAIRS | Fall 2024: Canadian crooner Michael Buble is one of the Coaches (who sit in these iconic seats) on NBC's singing competition "The Voice": 3 wds. |
| LAINEY | Ms. Lui, co-host of "The Social" on CTV |
| ANDREA | Ms. Bain, Co-host of "The Social" on CTV |
| EUROVISION | Annual music competition that will be held in Liverpool this year, starting today; Ukraine won the event last year |
| DUET | Can You ___ (country music competition show) |
| IDOL | Pop ___ , music competition TV series (4) |
