| STING | Professional name of English singer-songwriter Gordon Sumner (5) |
| TWINKLE | Stage name of English singer-songwriter Lynn Annette Ripley who had 1960s hits with Terry and Golden Lights |
| LICHFIELD | Patrick, professional name of English photographer who took the official photographs of Charles and Diana's wedding in 1981 (9) |
| STARDUST | Alvin, professional name of English glam rock star noted for his song Jealous Mind (8) |
| LIGHTFOOT | Canadian singer-songwriter Gordon (1938-2023) |
| CLOUD | One of the forenames in the birth name of English singer Dido (5) |
| STARR | Stage name of English musician, singer, songwriter and actor Sir Richard Starkey (b. 1940) (5,5) |
| RINGO | Stage name of English musician, singer, songwriter and actor Sir Richard Starkey (b. 1940) (5,5) |
| ADELE | Orchestra deleted part of English singer (5) |
| YUNGBLOD | Stage name of English singer, musician, songwriter and actor Dominic Harrison (8) |
| BOLAM | Name of English actor in Rambo lampoon (5) |
| HENRY | Name of English kings (5) |
| RIDER | Middle name of English novelist Henry Haggard (5) |
| EVANS | Mary Ann, real name of English Victorian novelist George Eliot (5) |
| TWEEDY | Maiden name of English singer Cheryl (6) |
| ADAMANT | Stage name of English singer, musician and actor Stuart Leslie Goddard, born in 1954 (4,3) |
| CLINE | Professional name of US singer Virginia Patterson Hensley, killed in a plane crash in 1963 (5,5) |
| PATSY | Professional name of US singer Virginia Patterson Hensley, killed in a plane crash in 1963 (5,5) |
| LOGAN | Johnny, professional name of the Irish singer who won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1980 and 1987 (5) |
| WURST | Conchita, professional name of Austrian singer and drag queen who won Eurovision in 2014 (5) |
