| MUSICAL | Blood Brothers, for example (7) |
| TRIO | Jonas Brothers, for example |
| TRIOS | Run-D.M.C. and the Jonas Brothers, for example |
| PUBLICRELATIONS | The promotion of a favourable company image by well-known brothers for example (6,9) |
| KINFOLK | Family from Blood Brothers - the musical type (7) |
| RUSSELL | Liverpudlian dramatist who wrote Educating Rita, Shirley Valentine, Blood Brothers and Our Day Out (7) |
| BALLOON | Toy that derives its name from an originally linen-and-paper structure built by the Montgolfier brothers for carrying passengers in a basket (7) |
| SIBLING | Blood brother |
| BROTHER | Blood brother |
| PASSDOWN | Sounds like directions if you're heading for Antrim to give to your younger brother, for example (4,4) |
| REALITYTV | "Big Brother," for example |
| NEARRELATIVE | A brother, for example (4,8) |
| UNCLE | Mother's brother, for example |
| INLAW | Los Angeles is involved in unexpected win according to wife's brother, for example (2-3) |
| BESTOFFRIENDS | One's favourite Playmate from Blood Brothers perhaps (4,2,7) |
| DREW | Blood brother Charles, innovator of the first blood bank (or what he did to get blood from a vein) |
| GERE | "Blood-brothers" star |
| ABSORB | Take in type of blood brothers set-up (6) |
| SNL | Venue for the Blues Brothers, for short |
| GREATUNCLE | One of those Blood Brothers, with close ties to mum's mum is a family favourite (5-5) |