| ENRIQUEIGLESIAS | Performer known as the "King of Latin Pop" |
| TERESA | ___ Teng, singer dubbed "Asia's eternal queen of pop" |
| ALI | Subject of David Remnick's "King of the World" |
| ELMORE | ___ James, the so-called "King of the Slide Guitar" |
| GEORGE | King who instituted a decoration for bravery; a character in Joyce Grenfell's "don't do that" Nursery School monologue; or, a spoken word performer known as "the poet" (6) |
| AUTRY | Gene ___, 1930s/40s performer known as the 'Singing Cowboy' (5) |
| EDGAR | Son of Gloucester in "King Lear" |
| DUO | Indie pop's Tegan and Sara, e.g. |
| OWL | Mr. ___ (Tootsie Pop's avian mascot) |
| ROOM | 2003 cult film known as the "'Citizen Kane' of bad movies," with "The" |
| ODESSA | Major Ukrainian port known as the "Pearl of the Black Sea" |
| ONEIL | Kitty ___, stunt performer once known as the "fastest woman in the world" |
| CRUZ | Celia known as the "Queen of Salsa" |
| GAYE | Singer known as the "Prince of Motown" |
| LONCHANEY | Silent film star known as the "Man of a Thousand Faces" |
| NYE | Bill known as the "Science Guy" |
| STU | Sutcliffe, also known as the "fifth Beatle," casually |
| GILBERT | The Pacific nations of Tuvalu and Kiribati were once known as the ... and Ellice Islands |
| CODY | Surname of the US scout and performer known as Buffalo Bill (4) |
| MARTIN | Ricky _ _ _ _ _ _ , byname of Puerto Rican singer/ songwriter known as the King of Latin Pop (6) |
