| LENAHORNE | African-american performer and activist whose films included 1943's Stormy Weather (4,5) |
| DANDRIDGE | Dorothy _, African-american performer nominated for the Best Actress Oscar in 1954 (9) |
| TEDNUGENT | American rock musician and activist whose albums include Cat Scratch Fever |
| EDDIE | - - - Izzard, performer and activist (5) |
| WILLIENELSON | American country music singer-songwriter, author, poet, actor, and activist whose compositions include Funny How Time Slips Away and Crazy |
| STREISAND | Barbra ---, American performer who won a Best Actress Oscar for the 1969 film Funny Girl (9) |
| GREENROOM | Space backstage where performers and guests all relax (5,4) |
| ABDUCTORS | Weird Dub interrupts performers and kidnappers (9) |
| ANNEHECHE | Late U.S. actress whose films included Volcano and Wag The Dog (4,5) |
| DANNYKAYE | 20th-century American entertainer whose films included White Christmas (5,4) |
| MACMURRAY | Fred, actor whose films included The Absent-Minded Professor (9) |
| HITCHCOCK | Alfred ___, film director whose movies included Rear Window and Lifeboat (9) |
| NINASIMONE | American singer/songwriter and civil rights activist whose debut album was Little Girl Blue (4,6) |
| JOANBAEZ | American folk singer, songwriter, musician and political activist whose middle name is Chandos |
| HARRYBELAFONTE | American singer, songwriter, actor and social activist whose 1962 album Midnight Special features Bob Dylan playing harmonica on the title track |
| SONTAG | Susan _, US writer and political activist whose essay collections include 1977's On Photography (6) |
| LENA | Singer and performer and civil rights activist Horne (4) |
| LIZAMINNELLI | American performer who won a Best Actress Oscar for the 1972 film Cabaret (4,8) |
| TRANSOCEANIC | Arranged Asian concert, describing trip for American performer? |
| STEVEMARTIN | American performer awarded an Honorary Oscar in 2013 (5,6) |
