| STENDHAL | French author of Scarlet and Black (8) |
| SAG | Debut of scarlet and silver flag (3) |
| COCHINEAL | Scarlet and black rock around ravine |
| LADYBIRD | One of a loveliness of scarlet- or cochineal-red beetles with black spots, named for a revered title of the Virgin Mary, for it is considered a blessed messenger or gift sent to protect gardens and fa |
| AMETHYST | American crossed borders of Hungary with case of scarlet quartz (8) |
| CARDINAL | From Latin for "hinge", a senior RC priest, regarded as of pivotal importance, on which everything else turns; or, a fritillary butterfly, redbird or shade of scarlet, in a hue reminiscent of said pre |
| NARCISSI | Self-regarding individual wants borders of scarlet flowers (8) |
| LLANELLI | Home town of Scarlets rugby union team (8) |
| SHERLOCK | First name of a fictional detective in novels including A Study in Scarlet and The Hound of the Baskervilles (8) |
| SPECTRUM | International security organisation for which Captain Scarlet is an agent in the Gerry Anderson puppet series Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons (8) |
| SUSPECTS | Miss Scarlet and Professor Plum (8) |
| REDOUBLE | Intensify scarlet and blue design with inner circle (8) |
| REMANDED | Chap wearing scarlet and journalist taken into custody (8) |
| SAMLOUSI | Scarlets and Tonga lock regarded as a master of the choke tackle (3,5) |
| EASTERBY | 2012-14 Scarlets and current interim Ireland national rugby union team head coach (5,8) |
| EDSCRAGG | Scarlets and former London Irish second rower (2,6) |
| JAKEBALL | 2014-2021 Wales, 2012-2021 Scarlets and 2021-2025 Green Rockets Tokatsu lock (4) |
| ARTHUR | Forename of the author of stories featuring Sherlock Holmes, including A Study in Scarlet and The Hound of the Baskervilles (6) |
| REDS | Houses song about shades of scarlet? |
| SMARTALEC | Graduate wearing sort of scarlet is insufferable type |
