| REDGIANT | Old star trained anew, winning first of Grammies (3,5) |
| STRAWBERRY | Fruit star trained with food writer Mary (10) |
| INTEGRATED | Get trained anew to become assimilated |
| NYGIANTS | Football team in nasty ground winning first game (1,1,6) |
| LAUGHTON | Bit of mischief to name old star of stage and screen (8) |
| REDDWARF | Old star playing ruddy inhabitant of Middle Earth |
| ALPACINO | Animal lacking tail that's taken home by old star (2,6) |
| CHAPLAIN | Old star with cane enslaves a minister (8) |
| LEOMINOR | Herefordshire town somehow set out to bring in old stars (3,5) |
| HASBEENS | Old stars |
| BACKWATER | Punter gets around, winning first at a quiet, out-of-the-way place (9) |
| EXCELS | Forties cry that's on the up when winning first gold (6) |
| SCOOPINGTHEPOOL | Winning first prize for dredging pond (8,3,4) |
| ALAN | ___ Kim, 7-year-old star of the Golden Globe-winning "Minari" |
| CORIGLIANO | John ___, American composer of classical music who has won the Pulitzer Prize, five Grammies and an Oscar |
| STEPHENSONDHEIM | Composer and lyricist who wrote the lyrics for West Side Story, winner of an Oscar and eight Grammies (7,8) |
| ED | ___ Sheeran won two Grammies (2) |
| TONIBRAXTON | R&B singer — her 1993 debut album won three Grammies |
| LAMAR | Kendrick ___, American rapper who has 17 Grammies (5) |
| UNARGUABLE | Left off description of moon and old star involving origin of universe? It's beyond discussion (10) |
