| SANTANA | Latin rock band founded in San Francisco in 1966 |
| UBER | Taxi company founded in San Francisco in 2009 (4) |
| UNITED | _____ Nations, international organisation founded in San Francisco in 1945 (6) |
| ESPRIT | Global fashion brand founded in San Francisco in 1968 |
| THESUMMEROF | Cultural and political phenomenon in San Francisco in 1967, ... Love (3,6,2) |
| FRIENDS | Environmental campaign group formed in San Francisco in 1969 (7,2,3,5) |
| ARONI | Product suffix created in San Francisco in 1958 |
| JUKEBOX | Musical coin-operated device, the first was unveiled in San Francisco in 1889 (7) |
| BRUCELEE | Creator of the martial art system Jeet Kune Do ('Way of the Intercepting Fist'), born in San Francisco in 1940 (5,3) |
| HOODLUM | Which word, probably a German derivative, emerged in San Francisco in the 1870s to describe a small-time gangster? (7) |
| JELLOBIAFRA | Punk rock frontman who ran for mayor of San Francisco in 1979 |
| LEON | Kings of ___ , U.S. rock band founded in Nashville in 1999 (4) |
| BLUR | Rock band founded in London in 1989 as Seymour |
| AEROSMITH | American rock band founded in Boston in 1970 (9) |
| SMITHS | The ___, rock band founded in Manchester in 1982 (6) |
| STROKES | The ___, rock band founded in New York City in 1998 (7) |
| ALCATRAZ | In 1969, a group of Sioux occupied which island near San Francisco in an ownership claim? (8) |
| THINLIZZY | Irish rock band founded in Dublin in 1969 by Brian Downey and Phil Lynott |
| NEWMODELARMY | Rock band founded in Bradford in 1980, still active and still fronted by Justin Sullivan |
| LITTLEFEAT | This rock band, founded in 1969, released Sam's Place, its first new album in 12 years, on May 17 |
