| BODIDDLEY | Stage name of the US guitarist and singer born Ellas Otha Bates (2,7) |
| PLAZA | Martin -, stage name of Mental As Anything guitarist and singer born Martin Murphy (5) |
| EDDY | Surname of the US guitarist whose biggest hit was Because They're Young |
| BO | Born Ellas Otha Bates, he became ___ Diddley (2) |
| TEAGARDEN | Jack, U.S. trombonist and singer, born in 1905 (9) |
| BERRY | Chuck, US guitarist and songwriter inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986 (5) |
| CHUCKBERRY | US guitarist and songwriter inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986 (5,5) |
| BALLERINA | The dancer Ella's back in Brian's awkward embrace (9) |
| MCPHERSON | Jonny _, plays Ella's employer and love interest in Emmerdale (9) |
| NINASIMONE | Stage name of the US singer, songwriter, pianist and civil rights activist born Eunice Kathleen Waymon |
| HALLOWEEN | October 31, when Ella's worried about nothing (9) |
| ERICNELSON | What is the birth name of the US singer whose single Poor Little Fool (1958) was the first number on |
| LENNY | Stage name of the US standup comedian born Leonard Alfred Schneider (5,5) |
| BRUCE | Stage name of the US standup comedian born Leonard Alfred Schneider (5,5) |
| MOBY | Stage name of the US singer/songwriter Richard Melville Hall (4) |
| TEMPAH | Tinie, stage name of British rapper and singer born in 1988 (6) |
| ZAPPA | Frank -, US guitarist and composer |
| NILE | US guitarist and record producer, ---- Rodgers (4) |
| FOSSEY | Last name of the US zoologist who, in the 1970s, became the leading expert on mountain gorillas (6) |
| YANKEE | What is the name of the US baseball stadium in the Bronx, originally located or a site now known as Heritage Field? (6) |
