| SHONALAING | Singer who had a hit with a song that starts: Living on through politics, body-guarded, heart in bits (5,5) |
| WHENTHECATSAWAY | New Zealand female group which had a No.1 in 1988 with a song that was in the charts for 15 weeks (4,3,4,4) |
| MADRIGAL | I'm glad I arm myself with a song that can be sung in parts |
| RICHMAN | Tommy with a song that spent 22 weeks at the top of the hip-hop charts this year, and which is expected to be nominated for at least one Grammy next month |
| SEAL | Pop star who had a hit with a 1996 cover of "Fly Like an Eagle" |
| PAULYOUNG | He had a hit with a remake of The Chi-Lites' "Oh Girl" |
| KINGSTEPHEN | In 2.3, Iago sings a song that includes the line "His breeches cost him, but his crown." Who is the subject of the song? |
| ABC | Start of a song that ends with "Next time won't you sing with me?" |
| PASTING | Making a hit with a wallpapering job? |
| CLICK | Make a hit with a metallic sound |
| MISS | Fail to make a hit with a schoolmistress (4) |
| IMAGINETHAT | I'm a hit with a gent dressed by George |
| IAMAROCK | Song that starts "A winter's day in a deep and dark December" |
| LOLA | Song that starts "I met her in a club down in North Soho" |
| AURA | Lady Gaga song that starts "I killed my former and left her in the trunk on Highway Ten" |
| ARIA | A song that returns in a fair arrangement (4) |
| ORGANSOLO | Part of a song that might be played on a Hammond |
| FUNICULI | Title word in a song that begins, "Some think the world is made for fun and frolic" |
| TITLETRACK | What is a song that has the same name as the album on which it appears? (5,5) |
| ARBOREAL | Genuine wild boar starts living in the trees (8) |
