| DYLAN | Musician who was the 2016 Literature Nobelist |
| BENJAMINZOBRIST | Chicago Cub who was the 2016 World Series MVP (3) |
| PIERRE | _ Gasly, French F1 driver who was the 2016 GP2 Series champion (6) |
| ROCKABYE | Song by Clean Bandit featuring Sean Paul and Anne-Marie that was the 2016 Christmas number one |
| STING | Stage name of the musician who was the lead vocalist of The Police (5) |
| BAKER | Profession of Mr Bun in Happy Families; or, the late musician who was the drummer for the band Cream (5) |
| TUCKER | Moe ___ American musician who was the drummer for the rock band The Velvet Underground |
| PETERSON | Debbi ___ American musician who was the drummer for the pop rock band The Bangles |
| WEST | Sandy ___ American musician who was the drummer for the hard rock band The Runaways |
| STARR | Ringo _, Liverpool musician who was the drummer for The Beatles (5) |
| PRICE | Alan, musician who was the original keyboardist of The Animals (5) |
| DAVIES | Ray, musician who was the lead vocalist of The Kinks (6) |
| MORRISSEY | British musician who was the frontman of the Smiths (9) |
| PAGE | Jimmy, English musician who was the lead guitarist of the rock band Led Zeppelin (4) |
| JOHN | Elton, British musician who was the subject of the 2019 film biopic Rocketman (4) |
| MORRISON | Jim _, American musician who was the lead vocalist of The Doors (8) |
| KNOPFLER | Mark _, musician who was the lead singer of the band Dire Straits (8) |
| MEGWHITE | American musician who was the drummer for rock duo The White Stripes: 2 wds. |
| SHEILA | ___ E. American musician who was the drummer for The George Duke Band |
| IGGYPOP | Professional name of singer and musician who was the vocalist of proto-punk band The Stooges (4,3) |
