| PATBENATAR | This singer can be seen fist-bumping a dancer in the video to her 1983 hit "Love Is a Battlefield" |
| PRO | Like a dancer in The Royal Ballet company |
| BATTLEFIELD | Pat Benatar hit, Love Is a ___ |
| STEVIENICKS | Uncredited, Prince co-wrote her 1983 hit "Stand Back" |
| DENT | Result of bumping a car bumper perhaps |
| CRICKET | Due to the large gloves players wear, fist-bumping has been common in this sport for decades |
| HOWIE | Fist-bumping emcee Mandel |
| ACQUIRED | Obtained a recording in which singers can be heard |
| SOPRANI | Singers can be very quiet next to an Indian princess |
| OPPRESSING | Pop-singers can be overpowering! |
| METAPHOR | Similar to a simile, this rhetorical flourish often pairs two words to highlight their commonality and paint a picture in your mind (e.g. "Love is a battlefield") |
| PILOT | Dave Grohl plays one in the video to "Learn to Fly" |
| DIAN | And 30 20th Century American primatologist famous for her studies of gorilla groups, documented in her 1983 book Gorillas In The Mist (4,6) |
| FOSSEY | 20th Century American primatologist famous for her studies of gorilla groups, documented in her 1983 book Gorillas In The Mist (4,6) |
| DRDRE | He's featured in the video to Eminem's "Without Me" |
| OLA | ___ Ray (she starred with Michael Jackson in the video to "Thriller") |
| BENATAR | To her, love is a battlefield |
| EUROVISION | Greenlandic singers can compete in this annual contest only as representatives of Denmark; one almost qualified in 2019 but finished second to a Dane |
| PAT | Love Is a Battlefield singer Benatar |
| CALLER | Appropriate person to get a dancer in a ring? (6) |
