| HARDTOEXPLAIN | The Strokes' first UK hit. Not a hit in the US. None of their singles were. Difficult to say why (4-2-7) |
| ONES | "You've Got To Pay" for one of their singles (4-4) |
| ONLY | "You've Got To Pay" for one of their singles (4-4) |
| ANY | A state in America, none in particular |
| THOSE | 1968 Mary Hopkin hit single, ----- Were the Days (5) |
| EDGBASTON | Ground strokes: first two bad (gone out) (9) |
| PROIRAQ | Recalls Q&A with local Yank about old songwriter, the last favouring Hit not a million miles from Rivers of Babylon? (3-4) |
| NONONO | Girl group's debut song -- a hit, not a failure (2,2,2) |
| WHIPPET | Domestic animal given stroke first is thin dog (7) |
| CANNONBALL | Second snooker stroke first everyone shot (10) |
| BONEIDLE | Lay end of club on one not working - here's why (4-4) |
| TELL | 1964 Beatles song, ---- Me Why (4) |
| GANT | Robert - plays Todd Crimsen on 13 Reasons Why (4) |
| WANDERER | The ___, B-side of Dion's single The Majestic which became a Top 10 hit in the US and UK when DJs preferred it to the A-side |
| CHIME | From the Old English for "cymbal", a set of bells tuned in a scale; their harmonious peal; a sequence of melodious notes as sounded by a clock; or, the stroke of a clapper (5) |
| ATWELL | This honky-tonk pianist had a hit in the UK in 1954 with Let's Have A Party, Winifred ... |
| HUNGRYEYES | Eric Carmen song from the film Dirty Dancing that was a top ten hit in the US |
| TINMAN | 1974 single referencing The Wizard of Oz that was America's fourth top-ten hit in the US |
| LULU | Stage name of Scottish singer Marie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie. who had her first UK hit in 1964. aged 15 (4) |
| RHIANNA | Leeds-born singer whose debut single Oh Baby was a hit in the UK in 2002 (7) |
