| SHREYA | Playback singer ___ Ghoshal (6) |
| KAVITA | Playback singer ___ Krishnamoorthy (6) |
| UDIT | Playback singer _ Narayan |
| SONU | Playback singer ___ Nigam (4) |
| BHOSLE | Prolific Indian playback singer Asha |
| ALKA | Playback singer Yagnik (4) |
| ILA | _ Arun: playback singer? |
| RAFI | Great playback singer Mohd. ___ (4) |
| ASHA | Prolific playback singer Bhosle |
| ANKIT | ___ Tiwari, Indian playback singer, music director, composer |
| LATA | _ Mangeshkar, iconic Bollywood playback singer (4) |
| KUMAR | Playback singer, Sanu |
| UDHAS | Ghazal and playback singer Pankaj |
| KAMAL | ____ Haasan, Indian actor, director, dancer, writer, lyricist, playback singer, choreographer and politician |
| PUNEETH | Indian actor, playback singer, television presenter, and producer who worked primarily in Kannada cinema. |
| KANNADA | Language associated with controversy surrounding playback singer Sonu Nigam's comments at a Bengaluru concert. (7) |
| RAMIFY | Branch out, using hard drive provided with playback (6) |
| REWIND | Colourful type welcomes success of Playback (6) |
| DEPART | Make tracks for Playback taped around end of December (6) |
| TVCREW | Studio staff turned sweaty around old playback machine (2,4) |
