| CCR | "Willy and the Poor Boys" band, familiarly |
| WONKA | 1971 film, Willy ----- and the Chocolate Factory (5) |
| FOURSEASONS | Jersey Boys band, The ... ... (4,7) |
| LOS | ___ Lonely Boys (band with the hit "Heaven") |
| CONCERTPITCH | Artane Boys Band play it at Croke Park with standard tuned instruments (7,5) |
| BLESSED | Like the meek and the poor in spirit |
| RELIEF | File past the queen and the poor will benefit from it |
| ROLLER | File past the queen and the poor will benefit from it (6) |
| ISA | "There ... house in New Orleans; They call the Rising Sun; And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy |
| BUMSON | Good houses giving poor boys food (4,2,5) (see 2D) |
| SEATS | Good houses giving poor boys food (4,2,5) (see 11A) |
| CSN | "Wasted on the Way" band, familiarly |
| STONES | Mick Jagger's band, familiarly, with "the" |
| BCNR | For the First Time band, familiarly |
| BRANDTS | German chancellor Willy and family |
| ORCAS | Willy and others |
| LEYS | Space writer Willy and others |
| OINK | 1980s British comic whose strips included Weedy Willy and Tom Thug |
| POTBELLIED | Otherwise, Willy and Eddie Poe get tubby! (10) |
| ORCA | Willy in "Free Willy," e.g. |
