| SOULMUSIC | Model of discretion at barbershop with some Gospel rhythm and blues (4,5) |
| BODIDDLEY | Rhythm and blues musician born Ellas Otha Bates in 1928 |
| DIPLOMACY | Decline honour in delicate art of discretion (9) |
| ROCKANDROLL | Blend of rhythm-and-blues and country-and-western music (4,3,4) |
| ATLANTIC | Great independent record label of the 50s and 60s in jazz, rhythm and blues, soul and rock |
| PRESLEY | Which singer has been inducted into five Halls of Fame: Rock & Roll, Country, Gospel, Rockabilly and Rhythm & Blues? (5,7) |
| ELVIS | Which singer has been inducted into five Halls of Fame: Rock & Roll, Country, Gospel, Rockabilly and Rhythm & Blues? (5,7) |
| RAGBAG | Rhythm and Blues both have silver odds and sods (6) |
| ERA | The time of rhythm and blues music, e.g |
| FAME | Georgie _; English rhythm and blues and jazz singer (4) |
| MEL | ___ C, Spice Girl who sang with Jools Hollands's Rhythm and Blues Orchestra on Hootenanny (3) |
| FATS | -- Domino, US rhythm-and-blues pianist and singer (4) |
| DOOWOP | Fifties style of rhythm-and-blues vocalising (3-3) |
| SITO | Johnny nicknamed "The Godfather of Rhythm and Blues" |
| WARBLES | Sings rhythm and blues primarily in part of UK |
| DELLA | Reese in the Rhythm and Blues Hall of Fame |
| WARBLE | Sing rhythm and blues principally visiting most of country |
| FLUKEY | Servant with no end of discretion? That's lucky (6) |
| IMPRUDENCE | To show lack of discretion, insert first part of ring into lip (10) |
| ICEIN | Don't allow to leave with odd characters out of discretion (3,2) |
