| TOKER | Steve Miller at midnight, in one of his songs |
| FCC | Federal group mentioned by Eminem in one of his songs |
| STARDUST | Ziggy -; alter ego of late singersongwriter David Bowie and the title of one of his songs (8) |
| SPRINGSTEEN | Singer who objected to use of one of his songs by Donald Trump in 2016 and called him a 'moron' (11) |
| ROCKETMAN | Forthcoming Elton John biopic whose name is taken from one of his songs |
| DIANA | Elton rewrote one of his songs for her |
| PAPERBACKWRITER | In his just published book, "The Lyrics," Paul McCartney offers details about 154 of his songs; early on he wanted to be a novelist, and for this hit imagined penning "a letter to the publishing compa |
| SIRFAXALOT | Off-key rapper who loves to send paper copies of his songs? |
| TREMBLING | Car for Frenchman in Berlin travelling at midnight in a state of anxiety (9) |
| TOBAGO | In addition, rings graduate at midnight in Caribbean (6) |
| DUNES | "If you like making love at midnight, in the ___ of the cape" |
| EBWHITE | Author whose last name's first letter, followed by the two initials that precede his last name, form a word in one of his most famous titles |
| MULTILAYERED | "Here's Spencer in one of his ___ performances" |
| TOURNEYS | Contests organised by general in one of his towns? (8) |
| HEALTH | PM once included Liberal in one of his ministries (6) |
| PHILOSOPHER | Plato, say, in one of his letters: "Work hard to stop failure" |
| WISCONSIN | Ex-president is against wrongdoing in one of his states |
| NAY | Vote against American in one of his cities (3) |
| INLAY | Embed Yankee in one of his cities first (5) |
| EAST | Bridge player, champ, taking in one of his opponents (4) |
