| ABSOLUTEBEGINNERS | Same title, different hits for The Jam (1981) and David Bowie (1986) (8,9) |
| SOS | Title of different hit songs by ABBA and Rihanna |
| ETON | The _ Rifles, first top ten hit for The Jam in 1979 (4) |
| TOWN | A - - - Called Malice, hit for the Jam (4) |
| BOXINGWEIGHTS | They size up the contenders for those belting out the hits for The Stones (6,7) |
| FELICE | ------ and Boudleaux Bryant, a songwriting team who wrote numerous hits for the Everly Brothers (6) |
| BYRDS | Turn! Turn! Turn! and Mr Tambourine Man were hits for The ___. (5) |
| TRIO | Tom Dooley and Greenback Dollar were hits for The Kingston ... |
| APRICOT | Fruit with kernels infused and distilled for creme de noyaux and flesh cooked for the jam traditionally used to stick marzipan to Christmas cakes (7) |
| UNDER | ___ Pressure 1981 song by Queen and David Bowie which is a part of the album Hot Space |
| SORROW | The McCoys song that was covered by The Merseys and David Bowie (6) |
| START | This was just the beginning for The Jam (5) |
| JANINE | * Title girl in songs by Trooper and David Bowie |
| PRESSURE | 1981 number one single by Queen and David Bowie (5,8) |
| MULLETS | Rod Stewart and David Bowie rocked them in the '70s |
| LABYRINTH | 1986 musical fantasy film starring Jennifer Connelly and David Bowie (9) |
| LETS | First word in titles of hits by Marvin Gaye, Al Green, and David Bowie |
| SNAPS | Sounds heard at the end of "Under Pressure" by Queen and David Bowie |
| IMALIVE | Title of hits for Neil Diamond, Celine Dion and the Electric Light Orchestra |
| MALICE | "The ghost of a steam train echoes down my track" - line from number one song for the Jam (4, 6, 6) |
