| STARSHIP | U.S. rock band noted for the 1986 song We Built This City (8) |
| NEWORDER | English synth-pop band with the 1986 song "Bizarre Love Triangle" |
| TAKEMYBREATHAWAY | Song written by Giorgio Moroder and Tom Whitlock for the 1986 film Top Gun that won the Academy Award for Best Original Song |
| OBOIST | A person who plays the instrument used to perform the main theme for the 1986 film The Mission (6) |
| OLIVERSTONE | Winner of the Best Director Oscar for the 1986 film Platoon (6,5) |
| SURVIVOR | U.S. rock band noted for Eye Of The Tiger (8) |
| EGYPTIAN | Hit 1986 song for American band Bangles, Walk like an -------- (8) |
| SEEINGSTARSHIP | Attending a concert with the "We Built This City" band? |
| MARCONI | Radio inventor Guglielmo ___, who's mentioned in the lyrics to "We Built This City" |
| SARA | Starship's second #1 hit, after "We Built This City" |
| ARMRESTS | They built this warehouse right on the outskirts of St Clears in March -- it stores furniture parts (8) |
| KNAPSACK | Valerie's burden according to song, we hear (8) |
| BROWBEAT | Bear down on brother with boat we built (8) |
| COLOSSUS | In January 1943, Tommy Flowers, a Royal Post Office engineer, built this electronic machine to decipher a complex encryption system used by Hitler and the German High Command. |
| TRUEBLUE | 1986 song and album by Madonna (4,4) |
| DOOBIEBROTHERS | The ____, U.S. rock band noted for songs including the 1979 hit What A Fool Believes (6,8) |
| STRAWBS | The _, progressive rock band noted for the song Part of the Union released in 1973 (7) |
| CORSAIRS | Privateers produce rude songs, we hear (8) |
| BLUEOYSTER | ___ Cult, U.S. rock band noted for their song (Don't Fear) The Reaper (4,6) |
| ZZTOP | U.S. rock band noted for their song Gimme All Your Lovin' released in 1983 (2,3) |
