| JIMMYCLIFF | Jamaican singer who had a hit with The Harder They Come (5,5) |
| KENBOOTHE | Jamaican singer who had a 1974 number one with a cover of Bread's Everything J Own (3,6) |
| SUSANCADOGAN | Jamaican singer who had a 1975 top ten nit with Hurt So Good (5,7) |
| BOB | ___ Marley Sun Is Shining Jamaican singer who is lovingly called the King of Reggae |
| ZAZIEBEETZ | Atlanta actress who plays Stagecoach Mary in the western movie The Harder They Fall on Netflix: 2 wds. |
| REGINAKING | Watchmen actress who plays Trudy Smith in The Harder They Fall: 2 wds. |
| CLIFF | Jimmy ?, musician-actor who starred in 1972 crime film The Harder They Come |
| JAMAICA | "The Harder They Come" setting |
| TIMBER | Pitbull/Ke$ha hit with the line "The bigger they are, the harder they fall" |
| CRUSTACEAN | The bigger it is, the harder to crack when a right nutcase initially comes out! (10) |
| PATBENATAR | ____ had a hit with the 1983 song Love is a Battlefield |
| FATSWALLER | He had a hit with "The Joint Is Jumpin'" |
| TINATURNER | She had a hit with "The Best" in 1989 -- at age 51 |
| JONATHANMAJORS | Lovecraft Country actor who plays Nat Love in The Harder They Fall: 2 wds. |
| BOGART | His last film was "The Harder They Fall," 1956 |
| ELBA | Idris of "The Harder They Fall" |
| BAEZ | Folk singer Joan who had a hit with "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" |
| WINTERSPORTSMEN | The harder the conditions the more they enjoy themselves |
| ASTRUDGILBERTO | Brazilian singer who, with Stan Getz, had a hit with 'The Girl from Ipanema' in 1964 (6,8) |
| ALED | Ex-choirboy who had a hit with the 1982 song Walking in the Air, ---- Jones (4) |
