| DIRE | Rock group fronted by Mark Knopfler (4,7) |
| STRAITS | Rock group fronted by Mark Knopfler (4,7) |
| EELS | US band fronted by Mark Oliver Everett (4) |
| NODOUBT | Rock group fronted by Gwen Stefani: 2 wds. |
| REM | Former rock group fronted by Michael Stipe |
| NIRVANA | U.S. rock group fronted by Kurt Cobain (7) |
| SMITHY | The -, rock group fronted by Morrissey; Forge (6) |
| SPAN | Steeleye ___, folk-rock group fronted by Maddy Prior |
| BLONDIE | Rock group fronted by Debbie Harry (7) |
| AEROSMITH | US rock group fronted by Steven Tyler (9) |
| CATATONIA | Welsh rock group fronted by Cerys Matthews |
| TEXAS | Scottish rock group fronted by Sharleen Spiteri (5) |
| INFIDELS | 1983 album by Bob Dylan coproduced by Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits (8) |
| CAL | 1984 film starring John Lynch and Helen Mirren, based on a novella by Bernard MacLaverty, with music by Mark Knopfler |
| DANCER | Private ____, song by Tina Turner written by Mark Knopfler and released in 1984 (6) |
| LOCALHERO | 1983 film set in Scotland, directed by Bill Forsyth and starring Burt Lancaster, with music by Mark Knopfler (5,4) |
| PRIVATEDANCER | Tina Turner song written by Mark Knopfler * (13) |
| CORRS | Name of sibling Irish pop/rock group fronted by singer Andrea (5) |
| THEWHO | English rock group fronted by Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend (3.3) |
| GOINGHOME | Soundtrack album by Mark Knopfler, composed for the 1983 film Local Hero (5,4) |
