| LOUREED | Vocalist and guitarist in the Velvet Underground |
| LOU | Rocker Reed who was in the Velvet Underground |
| REED | Lou _, musician who was in The Velvet Underground (4) |
| RICHARDS | Secondary vocalist and guitarist Keith who was one of the main songwriters for the Stones |
| HYNDE | Chrissie, vocalist and guitarist of the Pretenders (5) |
| SMITH | Robert ___, lead vocalist and guitarist of The Cure (5) |
| HAWKINS | Justin, lead vocalist and guitarist of British rock band The Darkness (7) |
| STONEAGE | Group founded by vocalist and guitarist Josh Homme, Queens of the _ _ (5,3) |
| BILLIE | Green Day's vocalist and guitarist, ... Joe Armstrong |
| TREY | ___ Anastasio, lead vocalist and guitarist for Phish |
| KOENIG | Ezra, lead vocalist and guitarist of Vampire Weekend (6) |
| GIBBONS | Billy, vocalist and guitarist of rock band ZZ Top (7) |
| GROHL | Dave, lead vocalist and guitarist of U.S. rock group Foo Fighters (5) |
| GRATEFUL | ____ Dead, U.S. former rock band whose lead vocalist and guitarist was Jerry Garcia (8) |
| PETEBIRRELL | Bass guitarist in the band Freddie and the Dreamers |
| OUTSPAN | Nickname of the guitarist in The Commitments, played by Glen Hansard in Alan Parker's 1991 film |
| MOLE | Creature referred to by Jacobites as the little gentleman in the velvet coat (4) |
| SLOVAKIA | Landlocked country of central Europe that separated from the Czech Republic in the Velvet Divorce of 1992 (8) |
| MARR | Who was the guitarist in the Smiths? (4) |
| HUK | Czech leader ousted in the Velvet Revolution, 1989 |
