| MAYQUEEN | Festival's leading lady, guitarist and band (3,5) |
| TEDHEATH | Former PM and band leader (3,5) |
| CATERING | Ms Blanchett and band are providing refreshments (8) |
| KISSTOUR | *Road trip for Gene Simmons and band |
| ANTIDOTE | Chick Corea and band bring a cure (8) |
| CALLOWAY | Cabell 'Cab _' 1907-1994, jazz singer and band leader who appeared in the 1980 film The Blues Brothers (8) |
| TREMONTI | Mark ___ guitarist and vocalist of Creed from 1993 to 2004 and 2009 to 2012 |
| KNOPFLER | Mark, guitarist and singer-songwriter associated with the rock band Dire Straits (8) |
| GARYKEMP | Lead guitarist and principal songwriter in the band Spandau Ballet (4,4) |
| TOWNSEND | Guitarist and main songwriter for The Who since the band's formation in 1964, Pete ___ (8) |
| BUDDYGUY | Influential American blues guitarist and singer who was a member of Muddy Waters' band in the 1960s |
| AUERBACH | Guitarist and vocalist of the Black Keys |
| JOHNSTON | Tom ___, singer, guitarist and songwriter who founded The Doobie Brothers |
| BRIANMAY | Queen guitarist and astrophysicist (5,3) |
| HETFIELD | James _, lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist and founder of Metallica (8) |
| SCHUMANN | Coco ******** , German jazz guitarist and Holocaust survivor born in 1924 (8) |
| JEFFBECK | Acclaimed rock guitarist and former Yardbirds member |
| THOMPSON | Richard, English lead guitarist and songwriter of the folk rock group Fairport Convention (8) |
| FRAMPTON | Peter, guitarist and singer/songwriter noted for his 1975 song Show Me The Way (8) |
| BESTBIBANDTUCKER | Best bib and band |
