| ENTERTAINER | Record single penned by hit Queen performer (11) |
| DRAG | ___ queen (performer such as RuPaul) |
| CHINCHIN | Cheers brought by hit after hit (4-4) |
| WEARE | Hit Queen song, - the Champions (2,3) |
| ANOTHER | Hit Queen song from 1980, ------- One Bites the Dust (7) |
| ONTHEQUIET | Secretly planned to hit queen (2,3,5) |
| OPERA | Hit Queen album, A Night at the ----- (5) |
| SUPERSTAR | Title shared by hit singles by The Carpenters. Jamelia and Lupe Fiasco featuring Matthew Santos (9) |
| SOS | Title shared by hit songs from Rihanna (2006) and ABBA (1975) |
| ASSASSINATED | Murdered by hit man |
| ICRY | Song title shared by hit singles for Ja Rule and Flo Rida |
| COMO | Singer with the first gold record single |
| EPITOME | Record, single, needs volume for example (7) |
| EPISODE | Record single does rock event (7) |
| EPIDEMIC | Record single medic treating disease (8) |
| ENROL | Record single rising - around number four in chart |
| LOGISTICS | Record single stays without grand arrangement (9) |
| THEQUIET | To hit Queen, perhaps, you have to do it sneakily (2,3,5) |
| ON | To hit Queen, perhaps, you have to do it sneakily (2,3,5) |
| DINAHSHORE | Loud noise on land inhabited by hit singer and TV host (5,5) |