| DEEJAYS | 35Ac birds in Blackburn and Harris, perhaps (7) |
| ENTWISTLE | Village with a railway station in Blackburn and Darwen unitary authority (9) |
| DEEJAY | River bird in Blackburn, for example. Nightingale is one (6) |
| VEE | Letter from Kamala Harris perhaps unfinished (3) |
| FIFTEEN | Year of the Gallipoli battle - see 35ac (8-7) |
| RISHTON | Station on the line between Blackburn and Burnley (7) |
| MAGUIRE | Runner Laura takes silver on last race following 35Ac to be a 11Ac 31Dn (7) |
| SHEARER | Alan ......, 1992-2000 England, 1988-92 Southampton, 1992-96 Blackburn and 1996-2006 Newcastle striker (7) |
| RONALDBIGGS | Which of the Great Train Robbers escaped from prison in 1965 and lived for a time as a fugitive in Blackburn North in Melbourne? (6.5) |
| WANDERERS | Spare outside left brought in by West Ham, top's beaten bottom in Blackburn Rovers football team (13,9) |
| WOLVERHAMPTON | Spare outside left brought in by West Ham, top's beaten bottom in Blackburn Rovers football team (13,9) |
| JETSTREAM | A high wind in Blackburn? (3,6) |
| FANNY | and 35ac, Dutch athlete who won four gold medals at the 1948 Olympics in London |
| ISAY | Draw attention in 35ac to one voice (1,3) |
| WAHLBERG | Pictured actor - and 35ac (4,8) |
| DOTHEYKNOWITS | And 35ac *RHYTHM STICKS TO SNOW IDEA (2,4,4,3) |
| MOONLIGHTINVERMONT | Popular song by John Blackburn and Karl Suessdorf that has been covered by many artists, including Billie Holiday, Frank Sinatra, and Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong |
| DAME | Famous singer - w 35ac & 51ac (4,4,2,6) |
| KANAWA | Famous singer - w 5ac & 35ac (4,4,2,6) |
| JUDY | Former news presenter - w 35ac (4,6) |
