| LIONELRICHIE | US singer-songwriter, b. 1949 (6,6) |
| DENNISLILLEE | Outstanding Australian fast bowler b. 1949 (6,6) |
| ADELE | Female English singer-songwriter, b. 1988 (5) |
| MITCHELL | Joni ___ , Canadian singer-songwriter, b. 1943 (8) |
| LADYGAGA | American singer-songwriter, b. 1986 (4,4) |
| LEO | Singer-songwriter Sayer, b. 1949 (3) |
| STEVIEWONDER | US singer- songwriter and activist born Stevland Judkins (6,6) |
| LENNYKRAVITZ | US singer, songwriter, actor, and record producer whose songs include Low, Fly Away and It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over (5,7) |
| HANKWILLIAMS | Legendary US singer-songwriter whose hits include "I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive" (4-8) |
| BARRYMANILOW | US singer-songwriter born in 1943 whose songs include 'Could It Be Magic' and 'Mandy' (5,7) |
| STREEP | Meryl ___ (b 1949), US actor with a record 21 nominations for an Academy Award (6) |
| DAVIDMUISE | MLA and CBRM mayor (b 1949 - d 2017) (5,5) |
| CORBYN | Former Labour Party leader, b. 1949 (6) |
| LEEGREENWOOD | "God Bless the USA" singer/songwriter: 2 wds. |
| GEORGEFOREMAN | American world heavyweight champion boxer (and grill promoter), b. 1949 (6,7) |
| NEILDIAMOND | US singer/songwriter who appeared in the 1980 film The Jazz Singer (4,7) |
| DYLAN | Bob ___ (b 1941), US singer-songwriter awarded the Nobel Prize in literature in 2016 (5) |
| JOAN | US singer-songwriter who had an international hit with her debut single 'One of Us' in 1995 (4,7) |
| OSBORNE | US singer-songwriter who had an international hit with her debut single 'One of Us' in 1995 (4,7) |
| HAGGARD | US singer songwriter Merle who gave us Okie from Muskogee (7) |
