| IMONFIRE | Top 10 song for Bruce Springsteen in 1985 |
| SHBOOM | Top 10 song for the Chords in 1954 (hyph.) |
| ATMOSPHERE | Top ten song for Russ Abbot in 1985 (10) |
| TOWN | Where Santa Claus is coming according to Bruce Springsteen in a 1985 Christmas song? |
| JEREMY | With 12-Across: "The Bear" actor who's starring as Bruce Springsteen in a forthcoming biopic |
| OSCAR | Award won by Springsteen in 1993 |
| USA | Born in ___, 1985 hit for Bruce Springsteen (3,3) |
| HOMETOWN | My ____, 1985 hit for Bruce Springsteen written about Freehold, New Jersey (8) |
| WEINBERG | Drummer for Bruce Springsteen and the East Street Band, who also served as the band leader for Conan O'Brien's television programs. (8) |
| DADANCINGRK | 1984 hit for Bruce Springsteen, literally |
| ODEON | "Hammersmith ___," live-album venue for Bruce Springsteen and Kate Bush |
| THEBOSS | Nickname for Bruce Springsteen: 2 wds. |
| EPITHET | "The Boss" for Bruce Springsteen, e.g. (7) |
| BOSS | The ____ (nickname for Bruce Springsteen) |
| DAY | 1989 top 10 song from Phil Collins, Another --- in Paradise (3) |
| SELENA | - - - Gomez, singer who released the UK top 10 song Lose You To Love Me in 2019, pictured left (6) |
| UPTOWNFUNK | Mark Ronson's song featuring Bruno Mars that's fourth in the Billboard magazine's Top 10 songs of All-Time (1958-2018): 2 wds. |
| IGOTTAFEELING | The Black Eyed Peas' song that's seventh in the Billboard magazine's Top 10 songs of All-Time (1958-2018): 3 wds. |
| ROCKANTHEM | Party ___ LMFAO's song featuring Lauren Bennett that's sixth in the Billboard magazine's Top 10 songs of All-Time (1958-2018): 2 wds. |
| PRIMROSELANE | Top-10 song of 1959 |
