| IRELAND | Country of origin of the musical bands The Corrs and The Cranberries (7) |
| LAGAN | My ____ Love, Irish folk song recorded by Kate Bush, The Corrs and Charlotte Church (5) |
| ORCHESTRAS | Musical bands |
| RECORDSHOP | Potatoes with most of 24 down attracts those interested in the jam and the cranberries, for instance |
| WHATCANIDO | Song by Irish band The Corrs released in 1998 (4,3,1,2) |
| ONLYWHEN | ___ ___ I Sleep, song released by Irish band The Corrs in 1997 (4,4) |
| PAKISTAN | Country of origin of the three terrorists killed after the Pahalgam attack, confirmed by government documents and biometric data. (8) |
| FRANCE | Country of origin of the cyclist Kerry Wyatt recently took in in Emmerdale (6) |
| MEDI | With "in" the place of origin of the Maccabees |
| RUNAWAY | The Corrs debut single, charting 30 years ago (7) |
| VINTAGE | Date of origin (of wine etc) (7) |
| COLOMBO | Behold musical band going round that capital city (7) |
| DOLORES | _ O'Riordan,1971-2018, lead vocalist of the Cranberries (7) |
| CORSAIR | Pirate finds first class passage in Corrs rip-off (7) |
| COLOMBIA | Country of origin of Perla Navia, star of The Real Housewives of Cheshire TV show (8) |
| UKRAINE | Country of origin of a large group of Eastern European settlers in 1 across after WWII (7) |
| INDIA | Country of origin of Isaac Newton, the King's former wife and BA ultimately (5) |
| SANDBLAST | Abrasive smoothing technique formed by an anagram of "bands" + the opposite of "first" (Theme answer: The first part is something related to the shore, and the second part is a word meaning "enjoyable |
| ANDREA | First name of the lead singer of the Irish sibling group The Corrs |
| CHINA | Country of origin of paper, movable type, kites, compasses, seismographs, porcelain and silk (5) |
