| AGIRLSBEST | Gentlemen Prefer Blondes song, "Diamonds are ... Friend" (1,4'1,4) |
| AGIRLS | Song, "Diamonds are ___ Best Friend" (1,4'1) |
| SNAP | "Bend and ___" ("Legally Blonde" song) |
| WADDLE | Chris, footballer who partnered Glenn Hoddle in 1987 song Diamond Lights (6) |
| LORELEILEE | Character who sings "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" |
| BONDSWOMAN | A slave: Tiffany Case in 'Diamonds Are Forever', for example (10) |
| ILLSTARRED | The lead is mine, as hearts and diamonds are unlucky |
| ILLMANAGED | I will cope - diamonds are badly run (3-7) |
| READMYLIPS | Diamonds are simply rocks, believe me! (4,2,4) |
| JILLSTJOHN | Actress who played Tiffany Case in 1971 action film Diamonds Are Forever (4,2,4) |
| GETONTOGETHER | Are friends and are jointly successful (3,2,8) |
| GIRLS | Diamonds Are a ___ Best Friend song performed by Marilyn Monroe in 1953's Gentlemen Prefer Blondes |
| TOAD | "Frog and ___ Are Friends" (classic kids' book by Arnold Lobel) |
| PLAYMATES | Fellow actors are friends (9) |
| FROG | "___ and Toad are Friends" (children's book by Arnold Lobel) |
| ALLIES | The lot, ie first six are friends (6) |
| NUMAN | "Cars" and "Are 'Friends' Electric?" singer Gary |
| SAUSAGES | Two anthropomorphic food items that are friends in "The Strange Feast" (8) |
| ELECTRIC | Are Friends ___?, Gary Numan hit (8) |
| GARYNUMAN | Musician whose first big hit, Are 'Friends' Electric?, was credited to Tubeway Army |
