| KATEBUSH | Which singer-songwriter had a UK No 1 hit in 1978, then her next No 1 in 2022? (4,4) |
| IRA | US songwriter had an air about him |
| TAKEACHANCEONME | Song by ABBA that was their seventh UK No 1 hit in 1978 (4,1,6,2,2) |
| HOLIDAY | Dreadlock ____, song by 10cc that was their last UK No. 1 hit, in 1978 (7) |
| HONOLULU | U.S. city in which singer/ songwriter Bruno Mars was born in 1985 (8) |
| ATP | Org. ranking Carlos Alcaraz as #1 in 2022 |
| HEATWAVES | Single by 29-Across that took 59 weeks to hit #1 in 2022: 2 wds. |
| YMCA | What was Village People's only Number One hit, in 1978? (inits)(4) |
| CROWNPRINCESS | You may find her next in line ... (5,8) |
| AUDACITY | Nerve of her, next to a large town (8) |
| TIARA | One in 2022 film with a jeweled headpiece (5) |
| OSCAR | Troy Kotsur became the first deaf man to win one in 2022 (5) |
| ESPY | Steph Curry won one in 2022 |
| TAYLOR | With 19-Down: she announced at a concert on Sunday that her next single will be "Cruel Summer" (original song, not a cover of 12-Across) |
| BELINDA | Singer who had a UK no 1 hit with Heaven Is A Place On Earth in 1987, - - - Carlisle (7) |
| EZRA | George, singer/songwriter who had a UK No. 1 hit with Shotgun in 2018 (4) |
| COCKER | Joe, singer who had a UK No. 1 hit in 1968 with With A Little Help From My Friends (6) |
| IANDURY | Which singer had a hit in 1978 with "Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick"? (3,4) |
| STYLISTICS | The ____ had a UK No 1 hit in 1975 with Can't Give You Anything (But My Love) |
| ALLEN | Lily - - -, singer who had a UK no 1 with her debut single Smile (5) |
