| OFGOLD | 90s hit for Sting from the Ten Summoner's Tales album, Fields ... (2,4) |
| REDSEA | Setting for a scene from "The Ten Commandments" |
| FIRE | Most ants bite and spray acid on the wound but ___ ants sting (from the abdomen) and inject a toxic venom |
| STING | Singer whose album "Ten Summoner's Tales" is a pun on his real name |
| WILLYOUWALKA | Please speed up! - request from the 10 to the 9 (4,3,4,1,6,6) |
| TALES | "Ten Summoner's ___" (Sting album) |
| TINGLE | A shiver of excitement for Sting dropping south for the French (6) |
| KISSME | Late '90s hit whose title is sung before "beneath the milky twilight" |
| NEEDLE | Sting from this redundant vessel off at last? (6) |
| XFILES | '90s hit sci-fi series, with "The" |
| RUPAUL | Drag singer of '90s hit Supermodel (You Better Work) (6) |
| SMARTS | Mental ability used for stings (6) |
| BEEPER | Summoner of the past |
| EVOKER | Summoner |
| TEN | "___ Summoner's Tales" (Sting album) |
| CLERK | The ---'s Tale, part of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales between The Summoner's and The Merchant's Tales ( |
| CLOSE | Don't Stand So ___, 1980 chart-topper for Sting and the Police (5,2,2) |
| TOME | Don't Stand So ___, 1980 chart-topper for Sting and the Police (5,2,2) |
| CONBRIO | Lively, energetic music by Sting from Brasilia, the capital city in Brazil (3,4) |
| TOGETHER | All _ Now, uniting 90s hit by The Farm (8) |
