| BURNONESBRIDGES | Irreversibly ruin relationships with 10 across and individuals from 8 across on starting salary (4,3'1,7) |
| BASEWAGE | Starting salary |
| KEYS | Alicia ___ (singer with 8 Across on 42 Across) |
| SELLSONESSOUL | Does a deal with the man downstairs for state holding prisoners and individuals with spirit (5,3'1,4) |
| WINESANDSPIRITS | Those in 9 across as well as 8 across, on top of sweets, won't give you a beer belly presumably (5,3,7) |
| PACKSONESBAGS | Prepares to leave bands and individuals to chat up lead singer (5,3'1,4) |
| WAGECAP | Limit on a player's salary (4,3) |
| HILLS | Word for the mamelons, monadnocks, monticules, mounds or mounts to which flocks of lekking ruffs are likened and individuals are said to be "over" when put out to grass (5) |
| BACKPAY | Yap for retrospective salary (4,3) |
| ACCOUNTS | Chronological lists of debits and credits recorded in bookkeeping ledgers; financial reports including profits and losses; or, business relationships with banks etc (8) |
| DRAWONESSWORD | Attract individuals from Dublin Suburb briefly to start a fight with D'Artagnan's gang (4,3'1,5) |
| NICOLE | Younger of the sisters in the group All Saints, who had relationships with Robbie Williams and Liam Gallagher (6,8) |
| APPLETON | Younger of the sisters in the group All Saints, who had relationships with Robbie Williams and Liam Gallagher (6,8) |
| NASTASSJA | Kinski who's had relationships with Roman Polanski and Quincy Jones |
| DIMARCO | Eastenders character Beppe ____ had relationships with Grant Mitchell's wife and sister |
| DRUMMAJORS | Digs up dirt about open relationships with base characters and those leading band members (4,6) |
| GUNFIGHT | Gnu runs with fruit on starting to hear terrible shoot-out (8) |
| MADONNA | Mother and father getting on, starting night with 80s music icon |
| ONES | Individuals from India, from Indonesia? (4) |
| GONEDOWNHILL | Describes where the skier went with great individual from county associated with the Dubs (4,8) |
