| DUALIPA | UK recording artist who released the award-winning album Future Nostalgia, pictured below (3,4) |
| ROMANCE | Recent award-winning album by Fontaines DC. (7) |
| WESTENRA | New Zealand classical crossover artist who released the 2003 album Pure, Hayley _ (8) |
| MIKA | Artist who released the album Life in Cartoon Motion (4) |
| DUA | Singer ___ Lipa with the album Future Nostalgia |
| HOUSE | Grammy and Brit Award-winning album from Mr Styles (5'1,5) |
| HARRYS | Grammy and Brit Award-winning album from Mr Styles (5'1,5) |
| CLAPTON | Surname of the artist who released 'Tears in Heaven' in 1992 (7) |
| RANKINE | Poet Claudia with the award-winning 2014 book "Citizen: An American Lyric" |
| PULLMAN | Philip, author of the award-winning trilogy His Dark Materials (7) |
| RANVEER | Lead actor in the award-winning film Dhurandhar. (First name) (7) |
| HOUSTON | Whitney _, best-selling recording artist who died a decade ago (7) |
| JANELLE | Ms Monae, recording artist who starred in Glass Onion (7) |
| GOODREM | Recording artist who once appeared in Neighbours, Delta _ (7) |
| TURNING | Adele song from her Grammy winning album 21, ___ Tables (7) |
| EARLE | Steve ___, American singer-songwriter whose Grammy Award-winning albums include The Revolution Starts Now |
| ELLIEBUTTROSE | After curating the award-winning exhibition, Archie Moore's kith and kin. at the 2024 Venice Biennale, who has been appointed curator of the 2026 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art? (5.8) |
| PARTON | Artist who released her first-ever rock album, "Rockstar," a year after being inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame |
| EVANS | Bill -, US jazz pianist whose Grammy Award-winning albums include 1963's Conversations with Myself (5) |
| RAI | Who wrote the award-winning young adult novel (Un) arranged Marriage (2001) |