| BURTBACHARACH | Composer, songwriter and pianist, 1928-2023, who wrote hundreds of pops songs with lyricist Hal David, including Raindrops Keep Fallin'on My Head (4,9) |
| AESOP | Storyteller of ancient Greece who wrote hundreds of fables in which anthropomorphic animals are used to satirise human shortcomings (5) |
| TUSCANY | Region of Italy with the capital Florence, site of the Leaning Tower of Pisa and Michelangelo's Davi |
| GRANTSHAPPS | Secretary of State for Defence, since August 2023, who has used the names Michael Green, Corinne Stockheath and Sebastian Fox (5,6) |
| NIVEN | Actor who played Phileas Fogg in Around The World In 80 Days (before the Steve Coogan version), Davi |
| KARAOKE | Singing pop songs with backing music (7) |
| ORBISON | Roy sang pop songs with unusual brio, boy! (7) |
| GLEE | Fox show with choral versions of pop songs |
| HOOKS | Catchy parts of pop songs |
| OUTROS | Closing bits of pop songs |
| FATSWALLER | US jazz pianist and composer who pioneered the Harlem stride style; co-writer, with lyricist Andy Razaf, of songs including 1929's 'Honeysuckle Rose' and 'Ain't Misbehavin' (4,6) |
| SWANN | Welsh composer, musician and entertainer who wrote and performed comic songs with Michael Flanders (6,5) |
| DONALD | Welsh composer, musician and entertainer who wrote and performed comic songs with Michael Flanders (6,5) |
| LOEWE | Austrian-American composer who collaborated with lyricist Alan Jay Learner to create Gigi, Camelot and My Fair Lady (5) |
| YODELLER | Person who performs Alpine folk songs with a form of singing involving repeated and rapid changes between normal voice and falsetto (8) |
| JOHNNYMERCER | Lyricist born 11/18/1909 who wrote the words to the 10 songs with asterisked clues |
| SULLIVAN | With lyricist Gilbert he wrote the operetta, The Pirates Of Penzance; Sir Arthur Seymour ... |
| JOHN | Knighted singer-songwriter who has collaborated with lyricist Bernie Taupin since 1967 (5,4) |
| ELTON | Knighted singer-songwriter who has collaborated with lyricist Bernie Taupin since 1967 (5,4) |
| ELTONJOHN | English singer-songwriter and pianist who has announced that he will perform his last ever UK show at Glastonbury in 2023 |
