| CONNIFF | Ray ___, American bandleader and arranger best known for his eponymous group of singers during the 1960s |
| MILLER | Glenn ___ American bandleader (6) |
| MINNIETHEMOOCHER | Signature tune of the American bandleader and singer Cab Calloway |
| MILESDAVIS | American bandleader and trumpeter, 1926-1991 (5,5) |
| ELSIE | Lily --, English actress and singer during the Edwardian era (5) |
| ARLO | Singer during the 2012 centennial celebrations for Woody Guthrie |
| CANTOR | Firm catches worker reading to singer during service (6) |
| TSO | General who is perhaps more known for his eponymous chicken dish than for his military accomplishments |
| HEIMLICH | American doctor known for his eponymous manoeuvre to stop choking (8) |
| BALDUCCI | Magician known for his eponymous levitation? (8) |
| GRAY | Henry __, surgeon known for his eponymous 3 (4) |
| EIFFEL | Alexandre Gustave __, French engineer known for his eponymous tower (6) |
| ALCOHN | American jazz saxophonist and arranger/composer who played in Woody Herman's Second Herd as one of the Four Brothers, along with Zoot Sims, Stan Getz and Serge Chaloff |
| ARTIESHAW | Lana Turner and Ava Gardner were among the eight wives of which American bandleader? (5,4) |
| LAMONTAGNE | Ray ___, American singer-songwriter whose albums include Trouble, Gossip in the Grain and Supernova |
| DIOR | Couturier who worked as an illustrator for Figaro Illustre before founding his eponymous label and creating the "New Look" (4) |
| CHARLES | Ray _, American singer, songwriter and pianist; pioneer of soul music (7) |
| BOURINOT | Sir John George __, author of his eponymous Rules of Order, widely used in Canada (1894) (8) |
| DISASSEMBLER | A person who is the opposite of James May in his eponymous BBC Four series (2016-17) |
| SARDI | Vincent ___ Sr. (Restaurateur known for caricature wall art in his eponymous New York City eatery) |
