| MARIANNE | _ Faithfull, British singer whose hits include 1964's As Tears Go By (8) |
| VASARELY | Victor -, Hungary-born Op Art painter whose works include 1964's Banya (8) |
| THIEBAUD | US artist whose works include 1964's Lunch Table (5,8) |
| MARIANNEFAITHFULL | 1960s singer of As Tears Go By (8,9) |
| FAITHFULL | Late singing icon famed for her 1964 hit As Tears Go By (9) |
| LEOSAYER | British singer whose only No.1 single was When I Need You from 1977 (3,5) |
| KATEBUSH | British singer whose last live album was Before The Dawn (4,4) |
| ISIT | "___ and watch as tears go by": Rolling Stones |
| STANGETZ | US jazz saxophonist, nicknamed 'the Sound', whose hits included 1964's 'The Girl from Ipanema' (4,4) |
| WELLEDUP | Formed, as tears |
| EDSHEERAN | British singer whose hits include Galway Girl (2,7) |
| RODSTEWART | British singer whose hits include "Maggie May" and "Some Guys Have All the Luck" (2 wds.) |
| ADELE | British singer whose hits include Skyfall and Set Fire to the Rain (5) |
| BOWIE | David _, late British singer whose hits included 1972's Starman (5) |
| WAYNE | And 3 US artist whose works include 1964's Lunch Table (5,8) |
| ELLIEGOULDING | British singer whose No 1 hits include Burn and Miracle |
| LOWELL | Robert, US poet whose volumes include 1964's For the Union Dead (6) |
| RAE | ___ Morris British singer whose latest album is called Someone Out There |
| GABRIELLE | British singer whose first hit was 1993's Dreams (9) |
| NERINA | British singer whose biggest album is 2005's Fires, _ Pallot (6) |