| BRYN | Welsh bass-baritone opera singer born in 1965, ---- Terfel (4) |
| TERFEL | Bryn _, Welsh bass-baritone opera and concert singer (6) |
| ESTES | Bass-baritone opera singer Simon |
| TEKANAWA | Kiri, New Zealand opera singer born in 1944 (2,6) |
| DOMINGO | Placido, opera singer born in 1941 (7) |
| NORMAN | Jessye, U.S. opera singer born in 1945 (6) |
| OHIO | US state in which actress Sarah Jessica Parker was born in 1965 (4) |
| OMID | ____ Djalili, comedian and actor born in 1965 (4) |
| BEER | Alice ___, TV presenter and consumer journalist born in 1965 (4) |
| BASS | Deep male singing voice such as that of Paul Robeson and Bryn Terfel (4) |
| EMIL | Bass-baritone Scaria: 1838-86 |
| SING | Emulate Bryn Terfel |
| ICELAND | Country in which singer Bjork was born in 1965 (7) |
| MICHAELDELL | US entrepreneur born in 1965 who founded a computer company (7,4) |
| ROBESON | Paul, U.S. bass baritone singer, actor and civil rights activist born in 1898 (7) |
| EVANS | Geraint ?, Welsh operatic bass-baritone who died in 1992 (5) |
| EVELYN | ___ Glennie, virtuoso percussionist born in 1965(6) |
| SHORT | Nigel ?, English chess grandmaster born in 1965 (5) |
| DJALILI | Omid, British-Iranian standup comedian born in 1965 (7) |
| BIONDI | Matt, U.S. former swimmer born in 1965 nicknamed The California Condor (6) |