| HELDTO | (and 3 Down) Blackmailed into serving up hot red salmon (4,2,6) |
| RANSOM | Blackmailed into serving up hot red salmon (4,2,6) |
| BALTI | Italian left party after serving up hot food |
| DRAGOON | Coerce one into serving as a mounted infantryman (7) |
| NAVVY | Construction worker very into serving people |
| OLDMANSBEARD | Served dab and red salmon (3,4,5) |
| PROMISEDLAND | Fresh red salmon dip is heaven! |
| THROWLIGHTON | Clear up hot argument with lover primarily in sack tonight (5,5,2) |
| SCAREDOUTOFYOURWINS | Blackmailed into giving up award money? |
| ASHWORTH | Hollyoaks lass who was blackmailed into sex work by the evil Carter Shepherd (6,8) |
| HANNAH | Hollyoaks lass who was blackmailed into sex work by the evil Carter Shepherd (6,8) |
| FRANK | Former con man who was blackmailed into a scam by Charity Dingle in the Dales (5,7) |
| CLAYTON | Former con man who was blackmailed into a scam by Charity Dingle in the Dales (5,7) |
| HEIST | Gene Hackman stars as a retired jewel thief blackmailed into one last job in this 2001 thriller |
| OLDMANS | Wild red salmon, bad as wild 21 (3,4,5) |
| SOCKEYE | Commercially valuable Pacific salmon also known as red salmon; Oncorhynchus nerka (7) |
| REALM | Don's leaving the red salmon- it's the Queen's land (5) |
| ROUILLE | Creamy sauce of garlic and hot red pepper |
| DENISEFOX | Walford woman who was being blackmailed by Ravi Gulati after their fling (6,3) |
| CAYENNE | Some brands of capsicum spray are made using this hot red chilli pepper |