| SOREL | Julien of Stendhal's "The Red and the Black" |
| CLERGY | "The black," in Stendhal's "The Red and the Black" |
| LEMUR | King Julien of the "Madagascar" films, e.g. |
| STENDHAL | Pen name of Marie Henri Beyle, French novelist who wrote The Red and the Black and The Charterhouse of Parma (8) |
| SEAS | The Red and the Black, e.g. |
| SQUIRREL | Bushy-tailed rodent that has two species in the UK, the red and the grey (8) |
| ADEN | Gulf between the Red and the Arabian Seas |
| CAPSICUMS | Caps it off with music from the Red and the Green ones (9) |
| SOCKS | The Red and the White |
| CROQUET | Game played at international level or in private gardens, one side competing with the black and blue balls and the other with the red and yellow balls (7) |
| SITH | Warrior priests who went over to the dark side of the Force - Darth Maul was the one with the red-and-black face |
| ROTHKO | US painter of "Light Earth and Blue" and "The Black and the Red" (6) |
| CHALCEDONY | Name of a family of microcrystalline quartz stones ranging from the reddish-brown carnelian, fire agate and jasper to the blue-cheese-coloured moss agate and the black onyx (10) |
| RIBES | Genus of the edible currants (black, white or red) and the gooseberry (5) |
| TREK | Journey starts in the red and ends in the black |
| GARNET | A deep shade of red, and the name of New York's official state gemstone |
| CHESS | The Mating Game or Red and The Bodyguard? |
| FRENCHWINE | Those with a nice heritage beat Marseille at The Centre in the red and white of Bordeaux? (6,4) |
| OWES | Is in the red, and among the lowest (4) |
| FLYCATCHER | Any of various insectivorous Old World birds including the robin, stonechat, wheatear and the black redstart whose Italian name means "red-tailed chimney sweep" (10) |
