| NATIONALHOLIDAY | North American hit, a No.1 Dolly composed about a Thanksgiving? |
| CREVASSE | A hundred verses composed about a fissure (8) |
| ARITHMETICIAN | American hit - it involved a calculator (13) |
| MADAMEBUTTERFLY | 10 composed about a married bishop, say, smart (6,9) |
| RACLETTE | Letter composed about a cold cheese dish (8) |
| SERENADE | Song composed about a rending heart (8) |
| SAINTSAENS | Nastiness composed about a composer (5-5) |
| TAMLAMOTOWN | Youngster tapes American hit on particular 5 (5,6) |
| RANCH | The Ewings live on Southfork __ in the American hit soap operaDallas(5) |
| TUSSOCK | After first in Turnberry American hit clump of grass (7) |
| DESPERADO | Sad ode composed about a bandit |
| RHONDA | Title woman in a No.1 Beach Boys hit |
| TICKET | _ To Ride, song that was a No.1 hit for the Beatles in 1965 (6) |
| SUSPENDERBELT | Poet Stephen welcoming American hit Lingerie |
| TUSSOCKS | Tense American hits clumps of grass (8) |
| TEARS | ___ On My Pillow, cover that provided a No.1 hit for 22A in 1990 and featured in The Delinquents, in which she also starred (5) |
| WHENTHECATSAWAY | New Zealand female group which had a No.1 in 1988 with a song that was in the charts for 15 weeks (4,3,4,4) |
| STARR | Edwin ___, singer/ songwriter who had a No.1 in 1970, with a Vietnam War protest song (5) |
| EVERY | A No.1 for The Police in 1983, ----- Breath You Take (5) |
| UNORIGINAL | Ruling a no.1 criminally plagiarised (10) |
