Apologies if you hate it - thought id try something different- also apologies for the deliberate (not) mistake in one of the answers- made a last minute change to the grid and forgot to change the answer bit- sure you can work it out tho xx

Original,Thankyou!

Good and different but the Carol line was a step too far into the mire of popular culture for me.

Difficult.
I worked out what some of the groups were, but couldn't quite get there in time.

Really tough, but almost enough clues to do better than I did