| INCOMMUNICADO | 1987 hit by British rock band Marillion, from the album Clutching at Straws (13) |
| HOGARTH | Steve, lead singer of British rock band Marillion (7) |
| DIPPY | Chart-topping 1992 hit by British pop group Right Said Fred (6,5) |
| DEEPLY | Chart-topping 1992 hit by British pop group Right Said Fred (6,5) |
| FISH | Stage name of Scottish lead singer of the neo-progressive rock band Marillion until 1988 (4) |
| HOTHOTHOT | 1987 hit by Buster Poindexter, who later called the song "the bane of my existence" |
| WALKTHEDINOSAUR | 1987 hit by Was (Not Was) with a "Flintstonesque" video [OK, there he is!] |
| BROTHERSINARMS | Studio album released by British rock band Dire Straits in 1985 (8,2,4) |
| EVERYDAY | ____ Life, eighth studio album by British rock band Coldplay released in 2019 (8) |
| COMMUNIQUE | Second studio album by British rock band Dire Straits, released in 1979 (10) |
| THEWORKS | Eleventh studio album by British rock band Queen (1984), featuring hits including 'Radio Ga Ga' and 'I Want to Break Free' (3,5) |
| GAGA | Radio ____ , song by British rock band Queen released in 1984 (2,2) |
| RHAPSODY | Bohemian ____ , song by British rock band Queen released in 1975 (8) |
| HEART | Owner of a Lonely _: 1983 song by British rock band Yes (5) |
| APACHE | First of the five UK No.1s by British rock group the Shadows, released in 1960 (6) |
| CHILDHOOD | 1985 Marillion album that included the hit Kayleigh, Misplaced --------- (9) |
| TAPS | Some grasp at straws upsetting those supplying water in the kitchen (4) |
| LAVENDER | Song by Marillion that reached No. 5 in the UK charts in 1985 (8) |
| KAYLEIGH | The biggest chart success by Marillion (8) |
| IRISH | 1987 hit single for The Pogues and The Dubliners, The ----- Rover (5) |
