| Glam-rocker Brian | 17 |
| Glam rock musician Brian | 24 |
| Fruit salt trademark | 21 |
| Fripp & ___ ("No Pussyfooting" collaborators) | 59 |
| Frequent collaborator with David Byrne | 38 |
| Frequent collaborator with Byrne | 32 |
| Frequent co-producer of U2 albums | 33 |
| Ferry bandmate | 14 |
| Famous U2 producer Brian | 24 |
| Famous U2 producer and former Roxy Music member | 47 |
| Famed fruit salt | 16 |
| Erik Satie devotee Brian | 24 |
| Engineer Brian who published "Oblique Strategies" cards | 65 |
| Em's two followers | 22 |
| David Byrne collaborator | 24 |
| Creator of the "Microsoft sound" played when Windows 95 starts | 72 |
| Composer with the album "Music for Airports" | 54 |
| Composer of Windows 95's start-up theme | 43 |
| Composer of crosswords? | 23 |
| Composer of "The Lovely Bones" music | 46 |
| Composer of "1/1," "1/2," "2/1" and "2/2" | 81 |
| Collaborator with Paul Simon on his 2006 album "Surprise" | 67 |
| Collaborator of Byrne and Bowie | 31 |
| Coldplay's "Viva la Vida" producer Brian | 54 |
| Coldplay producer Brian | 23 |
| Co-producer of U2's "Achtung Baby" | 48 |
| Co-producer of the U2 album "Achtung Baby" | 52 |
| Co-creator of the Oblique Strategies playing cards | 50 |
| Co-creator of the ambient music app Scape | 41 |
| Byrne's collaborator on "My Life in the Bush of Ghosts" | 69 |
| Byrne's "Strange Overtones" collaborator | 54 |
| Byrne's "Everything That Happens Will Happen Today" collaborator | 78 |
| British rock composer | 21 |
| Brian, formerly of Roxy Music | 29 |
| Brian with the album "Music for Airports" | 51 |
| Brian who's a self-professed "nonmusician" | 56 |
| Brian who wrote the Windows 95 startup sound | 44 |
| Brian who was a pioneer of ambient music | 40 |
| Brian who said "I donÂ’t really have a musical identity outside of studios" | 88 |
| Brian who said "As soon as I hear a sound, it always suggests a mood to me" | 85 |
| Brian who produced several U2 albums | 36 |
| Brian who produced or co-produced several Talking Heads albums | 62 |
| Brian who produced or co-produced seven U2 albums | 49 |
| Brian who produced Coldplay's "Mylo Xyloto" | 57 |
| Brian who pioneered in ambient music | 36 |
| Brian who is a rare example of someone whose prominence in crosswords is commensurate with his actual prominence | 112 |
| Brian who hasn't yet joined Neil Diamond in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame | 78 |
| Brian who founded Obscure Records | 33 |
| Brian who coproduced U2's "The Unforgettable Fire" | 64 |
| Brian who composes ambient music | 32 |
| Brian who composed the Windows 95 start-up sound | 48 |
| Brian who composed the Microsoft Windows startup sound | 54 |
| Brian who composed the "Microsoft sound" | 50 |
| Brian who composed "Music for Airports" | 49 |
| Brian who co-produced "Achtung Baby" | 46 |
| Brian who co-authored "Oblique Strategies" | 52 |
| Brian who admitted to composing the Windows 95 startup music on a Mac | 69 |
| Brian of rock-music promotion | 29 |
| Brian of experimental rock | 26 |
| Brian of British rock | 21 |
| Brian known as the father of ambient music | 42 |
| Brian ___ of Roxy Music | 23 |
| Brian ___ of rock fame | 22 |
| Brian ___ | 9 |
| Brian of ambient music | 23 |
| Brand of fruit salts | 20 |
| Bowie's Berlin Trilogy collaborator | 39 |
| Bowie's "Deranged" cowriter | 41 |
| Bowie once called him "a very glamorous young man" | 60 |
| Big name in ambient music | 25 |
| Bald British Brian | 18 |
| Avant-garde composer Brian | 26 |
| Artsy renaissance man Brian | 27 |
| Ambient-music pioneer | 21 |
| Ambient pioneer | 15 |
| Ambient musician Brian or Roger | 31 |
| Ambient music's creator | 27 |
| Ambient music innovator Brian | 29 |
| Ambient music innovator | 23 |
| Ambient music composer Roger | 28 |
| Advertised antacid | 18 |
| A musical Brian | 15 |
| 2005 Drama Pulitzer finalist Will | 33 |
| 2001 Polysics album | 19 |
| 1970s Bowie collaborator | 24 |
| 1970's Bowie collaborator | 29 |
| "Warszawa" instrumentalist | 36 |
| "Thursday Afternoon" composer Brian | 45 |
| "Thursday Afternoon" composer | 39 |
| "Thom Pain (Based on Nothing)" playwright Will | 56 |
| "Third Uncle" singer | 30 |
| "The Lovely Bones" soundtrack composer Brian | 54 |
| "The Lovely Bones" scorer Brian | 41 |
| "The Lovely Bones" composer, 2009 | 43 |
| "The Duplex" pet owner | 32 |
| "Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!" producer Brian | 61 |
| "Neroli" musician | 27 |
| "Music for Films" musician | 36 |
| "More Songs About Buildings and Food" producer | 56 |
| "More Music for Films" Brian | 38 |