| SLOGGED | Leader of Slade recorded hit (7) |
| JIMLEA | Bassist and songwriter of Slade |
| NODDY | Holder of Slade |
| COZILUVYOU | The first of Slade's six UK number one singles |
| RUSSELL | ...-.. Slade, manager of Brighton, L ton Orient and Cardiff City (7) |
| ROUNDER | "He can play, run, kick - he's an all - - - ," Manu Tuilagi said of Henry Slade at RWC 2019 (7) |
| TRIBUTE | 1978 Broadway play by Bernard Slade starring Jack Lemmon (7) |
| TAPPED | Incorporating an extra piano, recorded hit |
| CALIFORNIAGIRLS | State miss “succeeded” — and recorded hit |
| VALLEYS | Dells, denes, dingles or slades, tear-filled according to a phrase (7) |
| NASH | Painter of English rural scenes such as Autumn Berkshire, Winter Evening, Wormingford and The Flooded Meadow whose brother Paul was a member of the Slade School of Fine Art (4) |
| ISAAC | Singer Slade of The Fray |
| HEADLESS | He's about to reform Slade without leader (8) |
| HOLDER | Noddy _, lead singer of 1970s band Slade (6) |
| PACINO | Frank Slade (Scent of a Woman) |
| XMAS | Merry - - - Everybody, Slade hit |
| GLAM | Slade and T Rex were leading practitioners of rock. (4) |
| JANE | 1972 Slade hit, Gudbuy T'_(4) |
| LTCOL | Frank Slade's mil. rank in "Scent of a Woman" |
| JOHN | Tenby-born artist who studied at the Slade School, his portraits include that of W. B. Yeats and T. E. Lawrence (4) |
