| JUSTINBIEBER | The event's recent headline performers include Madonna and Cher; in 2021 it was this Canadian pop star |
| FBI | ___ Releases List Of Criminals It In No Particular Rush To Track Down (recent headline in The Onion) |
| GOODTHYMES | Herbs outshine Sonny and Cher in 1967 film? |
| ONENAME | What Madonna and Cher are each known by |
| FALLEQUINOX | In 2021, it will occur on Sept. 22 |
| AUTUMN | In 2021, it begins September 22nd |
| RIHANNA | Headline performer at the 2023 Super Bowl |
| STAR | Headline performer (4) |
| GULLYBOY | 2020 movie which won 13 Filmfare awards, the most in history (as of 2021); it is based on the life of a Mumbai rapper (5,3) |
| UCLA | Berkeley was the radical campus of the 60s but in the 30s it was this Los Angeles university that was described as a hotbed of communism (1,1,1,1) |
| COCKROBIN | In the nursery rhyme it was this bird that the sparrow killed with his bow and arrow (4,5) |
| MOORE | Surname of the sculptor whose works include Madonna and Child, Family Group, Warrior with Shield, etc. (5) |
| STEPHEN | It was this saint's day when good King Wencelas looked out, when the snow lay round about, deep and crisp and even |
| ELEPHANT | Aristotle once said it was this large beast 'which passeth all others in wit and mind' |
| EDVARDMUNCH | Norwegian artist whose works include Madonna and The Sick Child (6,5) |
| MONTREAL | In 1976 HM opened the Olympics in this Canadian city (Her Majesty's daughter was a member of the Bri |
| DIEGOMARADONA | God to blame ultimately in drama (foul one)? No, it was this bloke (5,8) |
| TIBALDI | Pellegrino, 16th Century Italian artist whose works include Madonna and Child (7) |
| ALBERTA | Queen Elizabeth and Prince Phillip visited the Calgary Stampede in this Canadian province during the |
| FROISSART | Medieval historian whose Chronicles chart the events of the Hundred Years' War including the accession of Edward III, the Battle of Crecy and the Peasants' Revolt (9) |