| CHER | Singer who said, "Men should be like Kleenexxsoft, |
| ELAYNEBOOSLER | Comic who said "Men are very strange. When they wake up in the morning, they want things like toast. I don't have those recipes" |
| MAE | West who said "Men are my life, diamonds are my career" |
| WISER | One should be like this when older wires replaced (5) |
| GREENER | Two notes: some energy is what all should be (like others' grass?) (7) |
| CLUE | 1985 cult-classic film with the line "Husbands should be like Kleenex: soft, strong, and disposable" |
| THEORY | Conjecture men should be surrounded by people in authority (6) |
| THEORISTS | People believing men should be imprisoned as speculators |
| TENEMENT | Belief men should be allowed inside residential block (8) |
| SEEM | "Men should be what they ___": "Othello" |
| NINASIMONE | Singer who said, "Sometimes I sound like gravel, and sometimes I sound like coffee and cream" |
| KATESMITH | Singer who said "Thanks for listenin'" |
| ONO | Singer who said "People make music to get a reaction" |
| YOKOONO | Singer who said "At least I had that, one guy understood me" |
| ELTONJOHN | "Candle in the Wind" singer who said of his upcoming farewell tour, "It's a way of going out with a bang": 2 wds. |
| RIHANNA | Singer who said of LeBron: "I am so grateful to witness this moment in history" |
| ENYA | Irish singer who said that she "prefers going into churches when they're empty" |
| MAIDENS | Girls said men need reforming |
| MAILS | Sends for the said men (5) |
| ALIG | Character who aked "Does you think that men should marry only one woman? Does you believe in mahogany?" |
