| DRJOHN | New Orleans blues musician who wrote the 1973 hit "Right Place, Wrong Time" |
| BASINSTREET | New Orleans 'blues' thoroughfare |
| RAITT | Bonnie, blues musician who won the 2023 Song of the Year Grammy for Just Like That (5) |
| ERICAJONG | American novelist and poet who wrote the 1973 novel Fear Of Flying (5,4) |
| NINA | _ Bawden author who wrote the 1973 children's book Carrie's War (4) |
| LONGJOHNBALDRY | English blues musician who had a 1967 number one with Let the Heartaches Begin (4,4,6) |
| MADHUR | Chef and travel writer who wrote the 1973 book An Invitation To Indian Cooking, _ Jaffrey (6) |
| ALBERTKING | Born Under a Bad Sign blues musician who played guitar left-handed: 2 wds. |
| DAPONTE | Italian musician who wrote the libretti for Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro (2,5) |
| ENO | Musician who wrote the startup sound for Microsoft's Windows 95 |
| MONTEVERDI | Claudio ---, Italian composer and musician who wrote the early Baroque opera L'Orfeo (10) |
| PORTNOY | Gary, musician who wrote the main theme song for Cheers (7) |
| STEALERSWHEEL | Scottish folk rock band who released the 1973 hit Stuck in the Middle with You (8,5) |
| EDGAR | The ___ Winter Group (rock band with the 1973 hit "Free Ride") |
| OJAY | Any of the singers of the 1973 hit "Love Train" |
| ALVINSTARDUST | Glam rocker who recorded the 1973 hit My Coo-Ca-Choo |
| HALFVOLLEY | Tennis shot hit right after the ball bounces (... first three letters + the last two letters) |
| SCHUMACHER | EF ____ wrote the 1973 book Small Is Beautiful: A Study of Economics As If People Mattered |
| ROBERTA | Singer Flack with the 1973 hit "Killing Me Softly With His Song" |
| MARVINGAYE | Motown artist with the 1973 hit Let's Get It On: 2 wds. |
