| LORETTA | _ Lynn, US country music star who is the elder sister of Crystal Gayle (7) |
| BOROMIR | Character in The Lord of the Rings who is the elder son of Denethor II (7) |
| ASBYATT | Novelist and critic, the elder sister of Margaret Drabble |
| MENO | "Tell ___ ___ secrets...": Bit of Crystal Gayle hit "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue" |
| PHIL | ___ Collins, music star who is headlining a concert at Hyde Park, in London, on 30 June (pictured) (4) |
| GARTHBROOKS | Country music star who once had the alter ego "Chris Gaines": 2 wds. |
| SHANIATWAIN | Canadian country-music star who was born Eilleen Edwards in 1965 (6,5) |
| GARTH | US country music star, - - - Brooks (5) |
| LEANN | _ Rimes, US country music star (5) |
| COUSIN | Patty Loveless, to Crystal Gayle |
| BLUE | "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes ___" (Crystal Gayle tune) |
| SERIPAK | LPGA star who is the youngest living World Golf Hall of Fame inductee |
| WILLIAM | 2000s music star who writes his name with four dots |
| KATNISS | ___ Everdeen Primrose Everdeen's elder sister in The Hunger Games trilogy played by Jennifer Lawrence |
| ABCDEFU | Gayle song that incorporates part of the alphabet |
| DRABBLE | Margaret ___, English novelist whose elder sister is A S Byatt |
| SPARTAN | Cricket bat endorsed by Chris Gayle (7) |
| CRYSTAL | _ Gayle (7) |
| CAROLINE | Elder sister of Prince Albert II of Monaco who has the title Princess of Hanover (8) |
| LEAH | In the Old Testament, the first wife of Jacob and elder sister of Rachel, his second wife |
