| SHINHWA | Originally formed by SM Entertainment, this group later created their own entertainment company named for the band to manage their career |
| SHINEE | Started as a five-member boy group under SM Entertainment, this group made their debut in 2008 with the promotional song "Replay" |
| REDVELVET | Formed and managed by SM Entertainment, this group's fifth member, Yeri, joined the group after the release of their first mini album, Ice Cream Cake (3,6) |
| NCT | Formed in 2016 by SM Entertainment, this large boy group has multiple subunits that are based in major cities around the world |
| THEUSA | Rover created their Sterling brand for this particular export market (3,3) |
| BTOB | Formed by Cube Entertainment, this group released their first full-length album, Complete, in June 2015 |
| BELMONTS | Doo-wop group later fronted by Dion DiMucci, with The |
| SUBSEQUENT | Monarch losing heart, besieged by smaller group later |
| MAPPIN | John ____ was a founder of a silverware company which later created jewellery for royalty |
| ROWNTREE | In 1862, Henry Isaac ___ founded the company that later created Aero and Smarties |
| LUCAS | George ---, American Graffiti director who later created a long-running film franchise |
| EXO | This boy group, which debuted under SM Entertainment, originally had 12 members; their first mini album was Mama, released in 2012 |
| LEYTONORIENT | London football team originally formed by members of the Glyn Cricket Club in 1881 |
| GIRLSGENERATION | Also known as SNSD, this SM Entertainment girl group has been labelled "The Nation's Girl Group" in South Korea (5,10) |
| NEWLY | Originally formed by Lew in the Big Apple (5) |
| VIXX | Signed under Jellyfish Entertainment, this five-member boy group's name is an acronym (of sorts) for "Voice, Visual, Value in Excelsis" |
| BEEGEES | Group who originally formed as the Rattlesnakes in the 1950s |
| STABLE | Type of building that originally formed part of a mews (6) |
| BUSTED | English pop band originally formed in 2000 that includes bassist Matt Willis (6) |
| WARNERBROS | Barry Meyer, who got his J.D. at CWRU, was CEO of this entertainment company from 1999 to 2013 |
