| HANDSWORTH | Suburb of Birmingham that produced such notable performers as Steel Pulse, Joan Armatrading and Benjamin Zephaniah |
| EDGBASTON | Area of Birmingham that is home to Warwickshire County Cricket Club |
| ERDINGTON | Spaghetti Junction lies in this suburb of Birmingham |
| SAML | Adams, who was a 112-Across, along with Th. Jefferson and Benj. Franklin |
| CONCERTO | Showcase for performer as soon as right in company (8) |
| BONGODRUM | Performing with idol in Birmingham: that takes some beating! |
| QUESTIONMASTER | Express doubts about skilful performer as game host |
| RKO | Founded in 1928, this Hollywood studio, with the trademark of a pylon on a globe of the earth, produced such classics as King Kong and Citizen Kane (1,1,1) |
| INTONED | Chanted and produced such a din with that sort of note (7) |
| DROPTHEPILOT | 1983 single by Joan Armatrading that was her only appearance on the Billboard Hot 100 |
| AFFECTION | Love And - - -, Joan Armatrading song (9) |
| NYLON | Material promised to be "as strong as steel, as fine as the spider's web" at the 1939 World's Fair |
| RUSTBELT | Area where heavy industry such as steel production is in decline, especially in the NE states and Midwest of the US (4,4) |
| DEAREVANHANSEN | Musical, with music and lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, that opened on Broadway in 2016 (4,4,6) |
| EVAN | Dear ____ Hansen, a coming of age stage musical by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, first performed in 2015 (4) |
| INME | Joan Armatrading "The Weakness ___" |
| PILOT | Joan Armatrading 1983 song, Drop the ___ |
| KEY | Joan Armatrading 1983 LP, The _ (3) |
| ALLOY | Mixture of metals such as steel |
| TITANIUM | What metal is as strong as steel but 45% lighter? (8) |
