| TINPANALLEY | District concerned with production of popular music - commercial side of pop music (3,3,5) |
| ECONOMICS | One's comics ruined by The Branch concerned with production and consumption (9) |
| OVERACTS | Exaggeratedly melodramatic while remaining with production of Cats (8) |
| DESSERTSPOON | Man has to press on, somehow, with production of cutlery (7,5) |
| AGREES | Goes along with production of Grease (6) |
| ROCKANDROLL | A form of popular music that emerged in the 1950s. |
| ATTHECOALFACE | Where one expects to find miner directly involved with production (2,3,8) |
| INTRO | Contraction of a word used to describe the opening passage of a piece of popular music (5) |
| BHANGRA | Type of popular music combining Punjabi folk with Western pop (7) |
| OUTPUT | Turned around very irritated with production (6) |
| THORACIC | Choir act oddly, with production from the chest |
| SLAMMAKIN | Sloppy, outmoded rap with production lacking finish |
| RESIN | Go bad again with production from some trees |
| SOUL | A kind of popular music originating in the U.S. and fusing elements of gospel music, rock and R&B (4) |
| REMOUNT | Kind of popular music prods smallest of the family to get up again (7) |
| ALLEY | Tin Pan ___ : world of composers and publishers of popular music ? (5) |
| HERBAL | Cure included elements of popular music with tea (6) |
| HIPHOP | Style of popular music featuring rap with an electronic backing (3-3) |
| SKIFFLE | Style of popular music of the 1950s played chiefly on guitars and improvised percussion instruments (7) |
| RAP | Type of popular music of US black origin (3) |