| CATHYSCLOWN | The harmonies used by the Beatles in Please Please Me are said to be influenced by those in this Everly Brothers No 1 single |
| KILLING | Sandra Oh and Jodie Comer play adversaries in this (------- Eve) |
| TEXMEX | Popular US food, etc, influenced by those south of the border (3-3) |
| TONAL | Relating to the harmonies of a piece of music |
| GRANNYSMITH | Apple variety used by the Beatles for their Apple Records logo |
| SITARS | Instruments used by the Beatles |
| BAT | Name, thought to be influenced by the Latin for "insect that shuns the light", of a flying mouse-like mammal that navigates the dark by means of ultrasonic echolocation (3) |
| SUEDE | Said to be influenced by leather (5) |
| ANGUSMCBEAN | South Wales-born theatrical photographer whose works include the cover for the 1963 debut album by The Beatles, Please Please Me (5,6) |
| METEORIC | It is dazzling but brief to be influenced by the weather |
| TIDAL | Time on dial appears to be influenced by the moon (5) |
| ASKMEWHY | Song by the Beatles originally released as the B-side of their 1963 hit single Please Please Me (3,2 |
| ANNA | Arthur Alexander song, subtitled Go to Him, covered by The Beatles on their 1963 debut album Please Please Me |
| AWED | A day to be influenced by fear |
| CHAINS | Gerry Goffin and Carole King song covered by The Beatles on their first album, Please Please Me |
| TWISTANDSHOUT | 1961 song covered by The Beatles on their first album, Please Please Me (5,3,5) |
| ARABY | The Sheik of ____ is a jazz standard, covered by the Beatles in their unsuccessful audition for Decca in 1962 |
| PSILOVEYOU | *Hit song from the Beatles' 1963 album "Please Please Me" |
| ASIDES | The Beatles' "Please Please Me" and "A Hard Day's Night," e.g. |
| DENTALNURSING | Those in this profession always look down in the mouth (6,7) |
