| RECHERCHE | Concerned with American singer/actress, revolutionary, known only to connoisseurs, .... (9) |
| ERNESTO | Mr. Guevara, Latin American revolutionary known as 'Che' (7) |
| NEILDIAMOND | Indian model having a fling with American singer-songwriter (4,7) |
| BARBRASTREISAND | RTE air brass band playing with American singer |
| MIDLER | Bette ___, American singer, actress and comedian known as "The Divine Miss M" |
| BLINDTASTING | Shut your eyes and eat your dinner? That's probably meat and drink to connoisseurs taking a shot in the dark! (5,7) |
| CAB | Certain red wine, to connoisseurs |
| ODETTA | American singer, actress, guitarist and songwriter often referred to as "The Voice of the Civil Rights Movement" |
| MERMAN | American singer/ actress who starred on Broadway in Annie Get Your Gun in 1946 (5,6) |
| ETHEL | American singer/ actress who starred on Broadway in Annie Get Your Gun in 1946 (5,6) |
| CHORUS | Unpleasant task, replacing English with American singers (6) |
| EMPIRICAL | Depending on experiment, known only by experience (9) |
| OENOPHILE | Connoisseur's glasses contain small measure with Greek character and lime zest (9) |
| SECRET | Religious faction holds divinity to be known only to initiates (6) |
| POORTASTE | What connoisseurs don't have, by definition |
| TRADESECRET | Successful business formula known only to a manufacturer |
| ESOTERIC | Known only to a select few (8) |
| ARCANE | A religious education housing may be known only to few (6) |
| BETWEENYOUANDME | Known only to the two of us |
| NINEMUSES | This puzzle's connoisseurs, collectively |
