| AISHA | "Life is ___ / The meaning of her name" ("Isn't She Lovely" lyric naming Stevie Wonder's daughter) |
| ALLTIME | Greatest Of ___, the meaning of the acronym GOAT (3,4) |
| ISNTSHELOVELY | 1976 Stevie Wonder song inspired by Wonder's daughter Aisha: 3 wds. |
| EMAJOR | Key of Stevie Wonder's "Isn't She Lovely" |
| INE | Like Stevie Wonder's "Isn't She Lovely" |
| WONDER | Stevie who sings "Isn't She Lovely" |
| WASHING | "The purpose of art is _ the dust of daily life off our souls": Pablo Picasso (7) |
| AMAYA | "The Real World: Hawaii" contestant Brecher (hint: the middle three letters of her name are a month) |
| IMOGENHEAP | Grammy Award-winning English singer and musician whose 1998 debut album iMegaphone is an anagram of her name |
| KESHA | Pop singer who used to use a dollar sign for the third letter of her name |
| PAIN | "Life is ___, Highness. Anyone who says differently is selling something": "The Princess Bride" |
| ELIZABETH | Queen, second of her name (9) |
| OER | "The Strife Is ___, the Battle Done" (church hymn) |
| WHERE | "Home is ___ the heart is" |
| HIDDEN | After the afikoman is ___, the kids look for it (6) |
| TESS | 'The rain is __, the fire's Joe . . .' |
| ALBAGORE | "Or my name isn't ___" (Yes, yes, yes, this is an awful pun.) |
| TONY | He's the "grrreat" tiger on a cereal box (Fun fact: His real name isn't Anthony) |
| RIO | "Your name isn't _ _ _, but I don't care for sand", from the Arctic Monkeys "...Dancefloor" (3) |
| SNOWPEA | Vegetable that, despite its name, isn't usually planted in the winter |