| KINGSMEN | With "the," band whose No. 2 hit "Louie Louie" was recorded in one take |
| STATEPEN | Johnny Cash's "At Folsom Prison" was recorded in one |
| JETER | Derek whose No. 2 was retired by the Yankees |
| RAMONES | With "the," band whose logo features a Presidential seal with the words "Hey Ho Let's Go" in place of "E Pluribus Unum" |
| STROKES | With "The," band whose debut album was 2001's "Is This It" |
| TRIPLEPLAY | Rare baseball outcome where three outs are recorded in one at bat |
| ROCKBOTTOM | With 133, the name of the band whose members appear in the theme answers. (They disbanded in 2012 after raising millions for literacy, but they're reuniting this weekend for one last concert.) |
| DEATHVALLEY | This California area hit 130 degrees on Aug. 16, the third-hottest temp ever recorded; it's also where the hottest-ever temp, 134 degrees, was recorded in 1913 |
| YIRAWALA | A major artist and Aboriginal elder from western Arnhem Land, whose journey back to ancestral cave paintings with his family was recorded in the film Return to the Dreaming (1970)? (8) |
| ROLLINGSTONES | Ruby Tuesday rock band whose No Filter Tour generated more than $500 million: 2 wds. |
| STATUSQUO | English rock band whose no 1 albums include Hello! and On The Level (6,3) |
| EDITORS | English rock band whose no 1 albums include 2007's An End Has a Start |
| LET | 1970 No 2 hit for the Beatles (3,2,2) |
| ITBE | 1970 No 2 hit for the Beatles (3,2,2) |
| KIMWILDE | British pop singer who had a No. 2 hit with Kids In America in 1981 (3,5) |
| VIDEO | What was recorded in a machine invented by a team led by Charles Ginsburg? (5) |
| MONO | What most of Phil Spector's catalog was recorded in |
| RANGIORA | South Island town where a temperature of 42.40 was recorded in 1973 (8) |
| TUBULARBELLS | Sort of tyre and other cycling items that was recorded in 1970s (7,5) |
| MACRAME | Technique of decorative knotting whose first known use was recorded by the Arabs in the 13th Century |