| THESUPREMES | American female singing group signed by Motown Records in 1961 (3,8) |
| MCA | It bought Motown Records in 1988 |
| ABBA | Group signed by Polar Music |
| HOTAIRBALLOON | Popular song and dance by Motown regularly feature in 6A fiesta |
| BRUSQUENESS | Blunt quality of British-American female figurehead advancing new ship (11) |
| MARIAHCAREY | American female singer with hits including Dreamlover and One Sweet Day (5, 6) |
| HANNAHSTORM | American female sportscaster who is the anchor of ESPN's SportsCenter Face to Face: 2 wds. |
| TAYLORSWIFT | Popular American female musician (6,5) |
| MARIS | Roger ___ (baseball player who broke the single-season home run record in 1961) |
| DETROIT | US city that was the birthplace of Motown Records |
| BERRYGORDY | Producer born in 1929 who founded the Motown record label (5,5) |
| NEWSBROADCAST | Directions given to American female actors in topical programme (4,9) |
| LEE | Rebecca ___ Crumpler, first African-American female physician in the U.S. |
| BLOWAFUSE | Lose it with depressed American female in public transport close to desperate (4,1,4) |
| ELISE | Educator/writer ___ Johnson McDougald, first African American female principal in New York City public schools |
| SUSSEX | South American female, say, in a place south of London (6) |
| MADAMCJWALKER | First American female self-made millionaire who is buried in Woodlawn Cemetery: 4 wds. |
| TAMLA | Original name of Motown Records |
| GORDY | Motown Records founder Berry |
| FALSETTO | Unusual male singing voice framed in female singing voice |
