| STARR | Ringo -, musician and actor who starred in That'll Be the Day (5) |
| PINKGIN | Lay 1,000 gallons in - that'll make you tiddly (4,3) |
| ESSEX | David ?, singer and actor who starred as Jim MacLaine in 1973 film drama That'll Be the Day |
| DAVID | Singer-actor who starred as Jim MacLaine in 1973 film drama That'll Be the Day (5,5) |
| HOLLY | Bespectacled rocker who had hits with That'll Be the Day and Peggy Sue (5,5) |
| BUDDY | Bespectacled rocker who had hits with That'll Be the Day and Peggy Sue (5,5) |
| TOMMY | and 50ac, Guyanese musician and actor who played Jules Tavernier in EastEnders from 1990 to 1997 |
| EYTLE | see 32ac, Guyanese musician and actor who played Jules Tavernier in EastEnders from 1990 to 1997 |
| ELVIS | Singer and actor who starred in the films Charro! and Spinout (5,7) |
| CHICO | US comedian and actor who starred alongside his brothers in films including Duck Soup and A Night At the Opera (5) |
| LENNY | _ Henry, comedian and actor who starred in the sitcom Chef! (5) |
| WAITS | Tom -, US singer and actor who starred as Silva in 1989 film drama Bearskin (5) |
| SAMMY | _ Davis Jr, late singer and actor who starred in 1960's Ocean's Eleven (5) |
| ALANA | Some statistical analysis revealing musician and actor Ms Haim (5) |
| NONES | Dates in the Roman calendar thought originally to have been the day of the half moon |
| MARIN | American comedian, musician and actor Cheech ----- (5) |
| DAVIDESSEX | Singer-actor who starred as Jim MacLaine in 1973 film drama That'll Be the Day |
| MONAE | Musician and actor Janelle |
| BUDDYHOLLY | That'll Be the Day singer-songwriter in Picture F (5,5) |
| TAKEN | 2008 movie with the line "If you let my daughter go now, that'll be the end of it" |
