| HOWLINWOLF | Stage name of U.S. blues musician Chester Arthur Burnett, born in 1910 (6,4) |
| BESSIE | ____ Smith, U.S. blues singer born in 1894 nicknamed the 'Empress of the Blues' (6) |
| MARAINEY | U.S. blues singer born in 1886, played in a 2020 film by Viola Davis (2,6) |
| WATERS | Muddy, U.S. blues guitarist (6) |
| ALEXIS | ____ Michelle, stage name of U.S. drag queen and singer who starred in the ninth series of Ru Paul's Drag Race (6) |
| ICECUBE | Stage name of U.S. rapper born O'Shea Jackson (3,4) |
| DIVINE | Stage name of U.S. actor, singer and drag queen born Harris Glenn Milstead (6) |
| SONNYTERRY | Folk-blues musician whose albums with Brownie McGhee include 1960's Down Home Blues |
| ALBERTKING | Born Under a Bad Sign blues musician who played guitar left-handed: 2 wds. |
| ARTIESHAW | U.S. jazz musician born in 1910 nicknamed King of the Clarinet (5,4) |
| GIGI | _ _ _ _ Hadid, professional name of U.S. model born in 1995 (4) |
| HOLIDAY | Billie, professional name of U.S. jazz singer born in 1915 (7) |
| IGGYPOP | Professional name of U.S. singer/songwriter James Osterberg Junior born in 1947 (4,3) |
| MEATLOAF | Professional name of U.S. singer, born Marvin Lee Aday in 1947 (4,4) |
| GOLDBERG | Whoopi, professional name of U.S. actress and author born Caryn Johnson in 1955 (8) |
| CAGE | Nicolas, professional name of U.S. actor born in 1964, whose films include Face/Off (4) |
| DIESEL | Vin, professional name of U.S. actor who plays Dominic Toretto in the Fast & Furious film franchise (6) |
| MASON | Jackie, professional name of U.S. comedian born Yacov Moshe Maza (5) |
| PITBULL | Professional name of U.S. rapper noted for his song Timber released in 2013 (7) |
| APOLLO | Name of U.S. spaceship that landed on the moon in 1969 (6) |
