| LIONELRICHIE | Singer who rose to fame in the Commodores and co-wrote the American charity record We Are the World |
| LIONEL | Which singer started with The Commodores and co-wrote 'We Are The World' with Michael Jackson? (6,6) |
| RICHIE | Which singer started with The Commodores and co-wrote 'We Are The World' with Michael Jackson? (6,6) |
| EGOS | "Check your ___ at the door" (sign for musical artists entering to record "We Are the World") |
| THRIFTSTORE | Emptying the trash led to disagreements that split those working in American charity shop |
| ARE | We ___ the World, charity record (3) |
| DIALOGUE | Diana has a record, we are told, of the conversation (8) |
| SHES | First word in The Commodores hit "Brick House" |
| THREETIMESALADY | 1978 #1 hit for the Commodores (and this puzzle's title) |
| CALAIS | Model name used by Holden for higher range cars in the Commodore family from 1984 (6) |
| STOPPARD | Tom -; dramatist who wrote Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead and co-wrote the screenplay to the film Shakespeare in Love (8) |
| LIMAHL | English pop singer who rose to fame as the lead singer of Kajagoogoo before having a solo hit with The NeverEnding Story in 1984 |
| NANCYWILSON | American singer who rose to fame alongside her older sister Ann in the band Heart |
| OLLYMURS | Singer who rose to fame as the runner-up on the sixth series of The X Factor (4,4) |
| MACKENZIECROOK | Actor who rose to fame in The Office and appeared in three Pirates of the Caribbean films |
| GOLDIEHAWN | US actress who rose to fame in Rowan and Martin's Laugh-in in the late 1960s |
| BOLT | Robert -; dramatist who adapted his play A Man for All Seasons to film and co-wrote the screenplay to David Lean's Lawrence of Arabia (4) |
| ROLAND | TV presenting puppet who rose to fame in the Eighties alongside pal Kevin the Gerbil, - - - Rat (6) |
| SLIMANI | Italian singer who rose to fame on the second series of The X Factor, Chico _ (7) |
| CLARKSON | Kelly _, singer who rose to fame after winning the US reality show American Idol (8) |
