| CLEOLAINE | Only female to have received jazz, pop, and classical music Grammy nominations |
| LAINE | Singer Cleo with Grammy nominations in jazz, pop and classical |
| ALJARREAU | Singer who won Grammy Awards in three different categories (jazz, pop, and R. & B.) |
| LONG | Janice, late English DJ and the first female to have her own daily show on BBC Radio 1 (4) |
| INDIRA | The only female to be prime minister of India, _ Gandhi (6) |
| CLEO | In 1976, who became the only singer to have received Grammy Award nominations in jazz, popular and classical categories? (4,5) |
| PAULING | US scientist, the only person to have received Nobel prizes for chemistry and peace |
| HADLEE | Only New Zealand cricketer to have received a knighthood (6) |
| DAF | Large Persian frame drum used in popular and classical music |
| FANTASIA | 1940 Disney film which mixed cartoons and classical music (8) |
| BLAIRTINDALL | American oboist who wrote the 2005 memoir Mozart in the Jungle: Sex, Drugs, and Classical Music |
| OPHIR | Biblical region from where King Solomon is believed to have received gold, silver and precious stones (5) |
| ILLGOTTEN | Sick to have received X which was stolen (3-6) |
| BOOTLEG | Plead to have received ill-gotten loot from the black market (7) |
| CHALLENGED | Under questioning, church claimed to have received note (10) |
| HIGHBROW | Like opera and classical music, by repute |
| EWAN | McGregor named by IndieWire as one of the best actors never to have received an Oscar nomination |
| WORKRATE | J's, say, and classical boat, and how to propel one backwards (4,4) |
| ANIDIFRANCO | American singer-songwriter who received Grammy nominations for Shy, Glass House and Jukebox |
| MARSALIS | Grammy winner in jazz and classical |
