| LIONELRICHIE | U.S. singer/songwriter born in Tuskegee in Alabama in 1949 (6,6) |
| ROSA | Parks born in Tuskegee |
| ASUSUAL | A pair of Americans climb in Alabama in the normal way (2,5) |
| MATUTINAL | Dull time touring university in Alabama in the morning |
| TAMMYWYNETTE | U.S country music singer/songwriter born in 1942 noted for the song Stand by Your Man (5,7) |
| BARRYMANILOW | US singer-songwriter born in 1943 whose songs include 'Could It Be Magic' and 'Mandy' (5,7) |
| APPALACHIANS | Mountain system extending from Quebec in Canada to Alabama in the US (12) |
| TIMBERLAKE | Justin, U.S. singer/songwriter born in Memphis in 1981 (10) |
| JOHNNYCASH | U.S. singer/songwriter born in 1932 who was nicknamed The Man in Black (6,4) |
| TOMWAITS | U.S. singer/songwriter born in 1949 noted for his deep, gravelly voice (3,5) |
| BARRYWHITE | U.S. singer/songwriter born in 1944 nicknamed The Walrus of Love (5,5) |
| CHAPMAN | Tracy, U.S. singer/songwriter born in 1964 noted for her song Fast Car (7) |
| MADONNA | U.S. singer/songwriter born in 1958 who has adopted four children from Malawi (7) |
| PATTI | ____ Smith, U.S. singer/songwriter born in 1946 dubbed the 'punk poet laureate' (5) |
| ORBISON | Roy, U.S. singer/songwriter born in 1936 nicknamed The Big O (7) |
| AIMEE | ____ Mann, U.S. singer/songwriter born in 1960 (5) |
| BADU | Erykah, U.S. singer/songwriter born in 1971 who has been dubbed the Queen Of Neo Soul (4) |
| IRVINGBERLIN | Songwriter born in Siberia, Russia |
| PINK | U.S. singer/songwriter born Alecia Moore in 1979 (4) |
| BOBDYLAN | U.S. singer/songwriter born Robert Zimmerman in 1941 (3,5) |
