| EMMYLOUHARRIS | Multiple Grammy winner that also won TV awards, judging by her name |
| HUGOWEAVING | Player of Desmond's "Hacksaw Ridge" dad who also won a fantasy award, judging by his name |
| OTIS | 2012 Grammy winner that samples "Try a Little Tenderness" |
| TONIBRAX | Multiple Grammy winner who was a contestant on "Dancing With the Stars" |
| ELLA | Jazz singing multiple Grammy winner |
| NORAH | Multiple Grammy winner Jones |
| BRUNOMARS | Multiple Grammy winner featured on "Uptown Funk" |
| JONI | Multiple Grammy winner Mitchell |
| TONYBENNETT | Broadway Theatre Award winner, judging by his name |
| OSCARPETERSON | Winner of a film award for best score, perhaps, judging by his name |
| TACOTUESDAY | What this puzzle is celebrating, judging by what's been "eaten" by the starred answers |
| CECE | Winans with multiple Grammy Awards |
| EARTHSUMMIT | Horse that won the Grand National in 1998, the first to have also won the Scottish and Welsh equivalents (6) |
| NASHUA | 1955 Belmont and Preakness winner that shared its name with a U.S. city |
| BECK | Multiple Grammy-winning US musician born in 1970, whose singles include Loser and Mixed Bizness (4) |
| BEATTHECHASERS | TV quiz show that won Best Quiz Show at the National TV Awards in 2021 (4,3,7) |
| CRACKLED | Drug was most powerful - was like electricity, judging by the sound |
| ONSITE | Judging by the stone I turned, the builders are here again (2,4) |
| ONTHEFACEOFIT | Judging by appearances (2,3,4,2,2) |
| AURAL | Gold bar I dropped, judging by the sound |
