| TONYPARSONS | Originally a punk rock journalist for NME, author of Man and Boy |
| SHAW | George Bernard, author of Man and Superman (4) |
| GILBERTKEITHC | Author of "Man who was T" |
| MALRAUX | Author of "Man's Fate" |
| POGOING | Dancing straight up and down, as at a punk-rock show |
| SLAMDANCER | Reckless one at a punk rock venue, perhaps |
| MELANIN | Any of a group of black or dark brown pigments present in the hair, skin and eyes of man and animals (7) |
| ENLIGHTENMENT | Age of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen |
| PIPEDREAM | Fantasy of one of those with great expectations working as a journalist for a lot of papers (4,5) |
| MOHAWK | Sighting at a punk rock concert, maybe |
| SID | Vicious in a punk rock band |
| MOSH | Locale at many a punk rock show |
| SING | 2016 movie with a punk-rock porcupine |
| SURREALISM | Style for "The Son of Man" and "The Persistence of Memory" |
| BEALIN | Man and boy, Paul and Jonathan are GAA men (6) |
| EMERALD | Rock journalist embraces me, right in front of almost everyone! (7) |
| BLOCPARTY | English rock band whose debut album, Silent Alarm, was voted Album of the Year for 2005 by NME (4,5) |
| MAGRITTE | Rene -; a Belgian surrealist artist whose works include The Treachery of Images, The Son of Man and Golconda (8) |
| IRISHSEA | Arm of the North Atlantic, location of Anglesey, the Isle of Man and Bardsey Island (5,3) |
| PAUL | ___ McCartney musician who won the NME Awards for the best bass guitarist in 1974 and 1976 |
