| RUTTER | Father & son, the latter known as "The Blade", who have both won seven TTS each. (6) |
| AESOP | "__ & Son": "The Bullwinkle Show" feature involving morality tales |
| RUBEN | Singer/actor Blades who appeared in "Predator 2" |
| IGLESIAS | Surname of Spanish father and son who have both won a Grammy and both sold more than 100m albums (8) |
| TOTHEHILT | Totally, as far as the blade goes |
| HONE | Whet as the blade of an axe |
| MCFLY | Band which has two members who have both won I'm A Celebrity, one in 2021 and one in 2024 (5) |
| ONCU | Turkish twins who have both won Mot03 GPs, although one waited much longer than the other! (4) |
| CAVE | Mumford & Sons "The ___" |
| MORRIS | Surname of 'old Tom' and 'young Tom', golfing father and son who both won the Open Championship four times (6) |
| LATHAM | Surname of father and son who have both played cricket for New Zealand (6) |
| OLSSON | Martin and Marcus, Swedish twin brothers who have both played for Blackburn Rovers (6) |
| HORSES | Animals popular with Kiwi coaches Warren Gatland and Chris Boyd, who have both owned them (6) |
| LAUREN | Name shared by Ms Goodger and Ms Pope who have both been on TOWIE (6) |
| EDWARD | King of England whose army defeated the French force under Philip Vi at the Battle of Crecy, where his son the Black Prince acquired the emblem of three white feathers (6) |
| ELEVEN | Ben Hur and Titanic both won how many Oscars? (6) |
| PUDDLE | Circular disturbance on the surface of water made by the blade of a rower's oar at each stroke; or, a curtain's surplus fabric spilling onto the floor (6) |
| SPLICE | Triangular-shaped section joining the handle and the blade of a cricket bat (6) |
| MIDRIB | The main vein of a leaf, running down the centre of the blade (6) |
| SNIPES | Wesley, U.S. actor who played the title character in the Blade film trilogy (6) |
