| JIMIHENDRIX | Noted performer of "The Star-Spangled Banner" |
| FLAMENCO | Carmen Amaya was a noted performer of this lively Spanish dance (8) |
| SALOME | Performer of the Dance of the Seven Veils |
| HERACLES | Performer of the 12 labors, to the Greeks |
| FORKSINGER | Performer of 'The Times They Are a-Changin"? |
| DESREE | Performer of the 1994 hit "You Gotta Be" |
| ALHIRT | Performer of the "Green Hornet" theme in 1960s TV |
| STREISAND | Barbra ---, performer of the No 1 hit Woman in Love |
| ROYORBISON | Co-writer and performer of the 1964 hit Oh, Pretty Woman |
| ENYA | Performer of the 2001 Oscar-nominated song "May It Be" |
| ADELE | Performer of the Skyfall theme (5) |
| EMINEM | Performer of The Real Slim Shady (6) |
| ELTONJOHN | Writer and performer of the song Goodbye England's Rose at Princess Diana's funeral in 1997 (5,4) |
| STEVIEWONDER | Writer and performer of the song I Just Called to Say I Love You |
| OSAY | Pair of words at the beginning of "The Star-Spangled Banner" |
| OER | Preposition that begins two of the first eight lines of "The Star-Spangled Banner" |
| BRAVE | End of every verse of "The Star-Spangled Banner" |
| 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) |
| SUBTITLEDAPARIOTICSONG | The Library's rare first-edition printing of "The Star-Spangled Banner" is, to its publisher's chagr |
| SCOTTKEY | Francis ___, U.S. lawyer who wrote the words of The Star-Spangled Banner in 1814 (5,3) |
