| PADAMPADAM | Onomatopoeically titled Kylie Minogue song that's been embraced as a gay anthem (May, 2023) |
| ITSRAININGMEN | 1980s disco hit that became a gay anthem |
| CEREMONY | Bunny Lake is back and embraced as a formality (8) |
| LEHAR | King Henry being embraced as a composer |
| TEXAN | Elizabeth cross, having been embraced by brown man in a state! (5) |
| BEGINNERS | Christopher Plummer was great as a gay father in this rambling, Overrated Drama from 2010. |
| PRINCESSDI | British royal hailed as a gay icon |
| CYMRU | Wales, according to locals, has been embraced by contrary, dour mycologist |
| OWL | Strigiform whose name is echoed in a word for a candle-waster, dusk, a night train, a nocturnal reveller, a scholarly look, a solemn/wise person, a tawny-black giant moth's name and, onomatopoeically, |
| THIS | Kylie Minogue song, On A Night Like ... |
| NIGHT | Kylie Minogue song, On A ... Like This |
| ICANT | Kylie Minogue song, ... Get You Out Of My Head (1,3'1) |
| SLOW | 2003 Kylie Minogue song that, despite its title, is maybe moderately up-tempo? |
| XMAS | Kylie Minogue song that was the 2025 Christmas number one (4) |
| HEAD | Kylie Minogue song, Can't Get You Out of My ... |
| CLUBREMIX | *Song that's been modified to have a dance beat |
| AMIS | Martin whom Geoff Dyer elegized as "the most American English writer there has ever been" (May, 2023) |
| UNFORTUNATESOUL | Person whose anthem may be "Born Under a Bad Sign"? |
| INTO | "___ the Blue" (Kylie Minogue song) |
| ITS | "___ No Secret" (Kylie Minogue song) |
