| STING | Professional name of English singer-songwriter Gordon Sumner (5) |
| TWINKLE | Stage name of English singer-songwriter Lynn Annette Ripley who had 1960s hits with Terry and Golden Lights |
| LICHFIELD | Patrick, professional name of English photographer who took the official photographs of Charles and Diana's wedding in 1981 (9) |
| STARDUST | Alvin, professional name of English glam rock star noted for his song Jealous Mind (8) |
| LIGHTFOOT | Canadian singer-songwriter Gordon (1938-2023) |
| CLOUD | One of the forenames in the birth name of English singer Dido (5) |
| STARR | Stage name of English musician, singer, songwriter and actor Sir Richard Starkey (b. 1940) (5,5) |
| RINGO | Stage name of English musician, singer, songwriter and actor Sir Richard Starkey (b. 1940) (5,5) |
| ADELE | Orchestra deleted part of English singer (5) |
| YUNGBLOD | Stage name of English singer, musician, songwriter and actor Dominic Harrison (8) |
| BOLAM | Name of English actor in Rambo lampoon (5) |
| HENRY | Name of English kings (5) |
| RIDER | Middle name of English novelist Henry Haggard (5) |
| EVANS | Mary Ann, real name of English Victorian novelist George Eliot (5) |
| TWEEDY | Maiden name of English singer Cheryl (6) |
| ADAMANT | Stage name of English singer, musician and actor Stuart Leslie Goddard, born in 1954 (4,3) |
| DORSEY | Real surname of English singer Englebert Humperdinck (6) |
| AGATHA | First name of English author of Murder on the Orient Express (6) |
| EDWARD | First name of English king who banned football in place of longbow practice (6) |
| ROHMER | Sax ___, pen name of English novelist Arthur Henry Sarsfield Ward, best remembered for his series of novels featuring Dr Fu Manchu |
