| TORK | Peter, late keyboardist and bass guitarist of The Monkees (4) |
| PAULMCCARTNEY | Singer and bass guitarist for the Beatles who was knighted in 1998: 2 wds. |
| JOHN | and 27dn, Bass guitarist of The Who who died in 2002 |
| DAVY | Bandmate of Micky, Peter and Michael of the Monkees |
| ENTWISTLE | see 5dn, Bass guitarist of The Who who died in 2002 |
| PAGE | Jimmy, English musician who was the lead guitarist of the rock band Led Zeppelin (4) |
| MERL | Keyboardist and Jerry Garcia cohort Saunders |
| PETE | _ Townshend, guitarist of The Who (4) |
| PAUL | ___ McCartney musician who won the NME Awards for the best bass guitarist in 1974 and 1976 |
| BILL | One-time bass guitarist with the Rolling Stones, _ Wyman (4) |
| ADAM | U2 bass guitarist, _ Clayton (4) |
| RUSH | Rock band fronted by bass guitarist Geddy Lee |
| SKETCH | Stage name of Peter Martin, bass guitarist of 1980s soul/funk band Linx |
| LESH | Grateful Dead bass guitarist Phil |
| BRIAN | ___ Marshall bass guitarist of Creed from 1993 to 2000 and 2009 to 2012 |
| DEACON | John , former bass guitarist of Queen who wrote the song I Want to Break Free (6) |
| WAKEMAN | Rick, English keyboardist and songwriter who was in the prog rock band Yes (7) |
| BERTWEEDON | Influential English guitarist of the 1950s and '60s (4,6) |
| OTOOLE | Peter -, late Lawrence of Arabia actor (6) |
| USTINOV | Peter (late) knighted stage and screen actor, voice over raconteur (7) |
