| MESSENGER | A socialist journal associated with the Black labour union the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters |
| CAR | Brotherhood of Sleeping ___ Porters, founded 1925 (3) |
| BLAKE | Illustrator of many of the children's books by Roald Dahl who was awarded the Kate Greenaway Medal in 1980; or, the pop artist who co-founded the Brotherhood of Ruralists (5) |
| MAGNETO | Fictional X-Men character, founder of The Brotherhood of Mutants (7) |
| CAMARADERIE | A dream I care about is the brotherhood of man (11) |
| KIRSCH | Brandy distilled from cherries associated with the Black Forest region of Germany |
| SPUTNIK | Name for a series of space missions launched by the Soviet Union, the first of which launched the first man-made object to orbit the Earth |
| EBONISTS | Cabinetmakers who work with the black hardwood of a tree that shares its genus with the persimmon (8) |
| ISNOTA | "The brotherhood of man __ ___ _ mere poet's dream: it is a most depressing and humiliating reality", Oscar Wilde. (2,3,1) |
| XMEN | Mutant battlers of the Brotherhood of Mutants |
| EPICTETUS | Greek Stoic philosopher and ex-slave who preached the brotherhood of man (9) |
| ANCIENTS | The -; brotherhood of artists including Samuel Palmer who were inspired by William Blake (8) |
| ANGELO | Number one single by the Brotherhood of Man (6) |
| PRERAPHAELITE | The Brotherhood of 1848 predated 1483 (3-10) |
| NEW | "The Brotherhood of Poland, ___ Hampshire" |
| AFROPUNK | Musical movement associated with the Black hardcore band Bad Brains |
| BERET | Hat associated with the Black Panther Party |
| NOSIDE | In rugby union, the end of a match signalled by the referee's whistle (2-4) |
| SCRUMHALF | In rugby union, the position of the player who wears the number 9 shirt |
| KIRITEKANAWA | New Zealand singer of World in Union, the theme song of the 1991 Rugby World Cup (4,2,6) |
