| JOHNLEGEND | Singer-songwriter whose "All of Me" reached the top of the charts in 2014 |
| ELLA | _ Henderson, topped the chart in 2014 with Ghost (4) |
| MEGHANTRAINOR | Singer whose "All About That Bass" spent 25 weeks in the Billboard Top 10 in 2014 and 2015: 2 wds. |
| WOMENSGYMNASTICS | Olympic sport whose all-around competition is composed of the last parts of 19-, 26-, 44- and 52-Across |
| RIHANNA | Her Umbrella lifted her to the top of the charts in 2007 (7) |
| LEOSAYER | UK singer who was top of the charts in 1977 with When I Need You (3,5) |
| CHAIN | Going to the top of the charts in a new series (5) |
| NUN | Sister Luc-Gabrielle whose hit song Dominique reached the top of the US charts in 1963 was called the Singing ... |
| NUMEROUNO | Top of the charts, in Mexico |
| TSETSE | Tess reached the top of the tor in the West of England, she was chased around by a bloodsucking fly (6) |
| LOFTILY | How you said "I've reached the top of the ladder"? (7) |
| ATLAS | Collection of the charts studied in cartography; one of the mythological Greek Titans; or, the name of a chain of mountains extending through Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia (5) |
| CAMERONNORRIE | British tennis player who reached the top 10 of the world rankings for the first time in 2022 |
| ULTRAVOX | Group whose biggest hit, Vienna, was kept off the top of the charts by Joe Dolce's Shaddap You Face |
| NUMBERONE | Me at the top of the charts? (6,3) |
| LABAMBA | It knocked 'Who's That Girl' off the top of the charts |
| NORTH | Prime Minister usually featured at the top of the charts? |
| WELLERMAN | Sea shanty that Nathan Evans has taken to the top of the charts (9) |
| COMO | Singer Perry ___ was top of the charts 75 yrs ago (4) |
| ADELE | Her album 30 shot to the top of the charts (5) |
