| BILLYOCEAN | Singer who had a 1986 No 1 hit with When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going |
| OCEAN | Billy ____ had a 1986 No 1 hit with When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going |
| PREACH | What Madonna asked her father not to do when she was in "trouble deep" in a 1986 No 1 single |
| PALMER | Robert, Batley-born rock singer, who had a 1986 hit with Addicted To Love (6) |
| CREW | English rock band who had a 1986 hit with (I Just) Died In Your Arms, Cutting _ (4) |
| KEATING | Irish pop singer who had a hit with When You Say Nothing At All, Ronan ... |
| LEVEL | Band who had a 1986 hit with Lessons in Love, ----- 42 (5) |
| SAYER | Leo had a hit with When I Need You (5) |
| BILLY | Trinidad-born singer who topped the charts with When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going in 1986 (5,5) |
| MIXEDMETAPHOR | "When the going gets tough, the early bird gets the worm," e.g. |
| PETERCETERA | Singer with the 1986 No. 1 hit "Glory of Love" |
| LADYINRED | The ---, 1986 No 1 hit for Chris De Burgh |
| HEARTRATE | It may get going when the going gets tough |
| THESEDREAMS | 1986 No. 1 hit for Heart |
| CLAMBERS | Climbers change a little when the going gets tough |
| STUNTMEN | Can diminish blokes if others take their place when the going gets tough (5,3) |
| EUROPE | Swedish band that had a 1986 hit with The Final Countdown (6) |
| CARAVANOFLOVE | 1986 No 1 single by the Housemartins |
| BROS | Band which had hits with 'When Will I be Famous' and 'I Owe You Nothing' (4) |
| SADNESS | On reflection finish with When The Saints or the blues? |
