| STUS | Music's Cook and Sutcliffe |
| STU | CCR bassist Cook or early Beatle Sutcliffe |
| STEPHANDORFF | World Trade Center, Blade and Cecil B. DeMented are movies in which this US actor has appeared; he also played the role of Stuart Sutcliffe in Backbeat, the 1994 film about the early days of The Beatl |
| YORKSHIRE | Multiple murderer Peter Sutcliffe was called the ... Ripper |
| FIFTHBEATLE | Unofficial title for Stuart Sutcliffe or Pete Best |
| BROADMOOR | High-security psychiatric hospital in Berkshire; patients have included Peter Sutcliffe, Ronald Kray |
| DORFF | Stephen ?, actor who portrayed Stuart Sutcliffe in 1994 biopic Backbeat (5) |
| DIFFICULTIES | I'd upset Sutcliffe, taking one on - they're like headaches (12) |
| BACKBEAT | 1994 drama film of the Beatles' early days in Hamburg, starring Stephen Dorff as Stuart Sutcliffe (8) |
| BLAIR | Wellington paceman figured famous Johannesburg Test stand with Bert Sutcliffe 1953 (5) |
| JULIADAVIS | Actress who played Dawn Sutcliffe in Gavin & Stacey (5,5) |
| DODO | Cook and cook again the old bird |
| HOUSEKEEP | Cook and clean home and castle (9) |
| BEDAZZLED | 1967 film written by and starring Peter Cook and Dudley Moore |
| SOLANDER | Linnaean disciple who travelled with James Cook and invented a book-like box for holding such items as botanical specimens, colour plates, manuscripts, maps and papers (8) |
| DELIA | And 5 Celebrity cook and former TV presenter who is an honorary life president of Norwich City FC (5,5) |
| DELIASMITH | Celebrity cook and food writer and famous Norwich City fan (5,5) |
| HEATHER | and 25ac, Former England cricket captain Cook, and that woman equestrian |
| OHIAMA | '___ cook and a captain bold': W.S. Gilbert |
| MTS | Cook and Hood (abbr.) |
