| AUDIE | Murphy of "The Red |
| EDDIE | Murphy of 'The Nutty Professor' |
| CILLIAN | Irish actor Mr. Murphy of new whale adventure "In the heart of the Sea" (2015) |
| ANNIE | Murphy of "Schitt's Creek" |
| SOPHIETUCKER | Billed as "The Last of the Red Hot Mamas", who was one of the US's most popular singers and comedians of the first third of the 20th Century? (6,6) |
| ANGLESEY | Welsh island Ynys Mon, site of "St Mary's Church in the hollow of the white hazel near the rapid whirlpool of Llandysilio of the red cave", or Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoc |
| WELSHDRAGON | Senate of Canada... Creature which is one of the symbols on the coffered ceiling of The Red Chamber: |
| HEATHER | Also called ling and related to blueberries and rhododendrons, the primary food of the red grouse and one of the national flowers of Scotland (7) |
| SUNSET | Associated with the Rayleighscattered colours of the "red sky at night", the daily fading below the horizon of Earth's nearest star (6) |
| AQABA | The Gulf of ... is an arm of the Red Sea between the Sinai Peninsula and Saudi Arabia (5) |
| POE | Author of "The Masque of the Red Death" |
| STEVESMITH | Toronto-born portrayer of the title character of "The Red Green Show": 2 wds. |
| CREDO | Expression of faith that the company is out of the red! (5) |
| CRESCENT | Red ___ , the equivalent of the Red Cross in Muslim countries (8) |
| HENRYFLEMING | Soldier who is the central character of The Red Badge of Courage |
| SOLFERINO | The 1859 battle which inspired the foundation of the Red Cross |
| DROOP | Turned around the destitute after the end of The Red Flag (5) |
| ROBIN | Pugnacious little songbird originally depicted on a Christmas notelet to represent any one of the red-coated Victorian postmen of the same name, who delivered said Christmas stationery (5) |
| BRACT | From the Latin meaning "thin plate of metal, gold-leaf", a modified often-colourful leaf such as that of the red or white poinsettia or "Christmas rose" (5) |
| MAMAS | "The last of the Red hot -" |
