| PSY | K-pop star whose hit 2012 song refrain made "The Yale Book of Quotations" |
| LADYGAGA | Pop star whose hits include Born This Way and Poker Face (4,4) |
| LADY | Pop star whose hits include Paparazzi and Poker Face (4, 4) |
| GAGA | Pop star whose hits include Paparazzi and Poker Face (4, 4) |
| GANGNAMSTYLE | 2012 song by Psy of that made him the first Korean singer to top the U.K. singles chart : 2 wds. |
| REA | British rock and blues star whose hits include Auberge, On The Beach and The Road to Hell (5,3) |
| CHRIS | British rock and blues star whose hits include Auberge, On The Beach and The Road to Hell (5,3) |
| GIRL | ___ on Fire 2012 song by Alicia Keys which is a part of her fifth studio album of the same name |
| IMAGINEDRAGONS | Pop-rock band whose 2012 song Radioactive spent 87 weeks on the Hot 100: 2 wds. |
| RITAORA | Pop star whose first U.K. No. 1 hit was "How We Do (Party)" |
| GARTH | Greenwell whose novel "Small Rain" was called "an exquisite addition to the literature of illness" in The Yale Review (September, 2024) |
| LOCKED | ___ Out of Heaven 2012 song by Bruno Mars from the studio album Unorthodox Jukebox |
| BRUNO | Hawaiian music star whose hits include Just The Way You Are and Marry You, - - - Mars (5) |
| BTS | K-pop stars who gave a speech to and played one of their videos for the U.N. General Assembly on Sept. 20; they're also playing in our theme entries |
| JUSTINBIEBER | Pop star whose tattoos include a treble clef, Jesus, and Selena Gomez: 2 wds. |
| LILY | ___ Allen, pop star whose Valentine is new hubby Stranger Things star David Harbour (4) |
| PINK | Pop star whose name is stylized with an exclamation point in place of its second letter |
| JESSIEJ | Pop star whose albums include Who You Are, Alive and Sweet Talker (6,1) |
| MERYLSTREEP | "Florence Foster Jenkins" star who graduated from the Yale School of Drama: 2 wds. |
| HOLLYHUNTER | "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" actress who graduated from the Yale School of Drama: 2 wds. |
