| SPLITEND | One may make you see red according to one member of the New Zealand group (5,3) |
| COLORADO | State maybe red according to its residents - all despite Obama's leadership |
| DRAMAQUEEN | Drop of the hard stuff given to one member of groom's party who's acting up? (5,5) |
| HOWBIZARRE | Song by New Zealand group OMC that reached No. 5 in the UK charts in 1996 (3,7) |
| COMPELS | Forces one to become close to one's Member of Parliament (7) |
| IMPALE | Spike drink given to one member (6) |
| TOREADOR | Or tread in the circle and he'll make you see red! |
| ALLBLACK | Nickname for a member of the New Zealand national rugby union team (3,5) |
| HISPANIC | Like only one member of the Supreme Court in its history (Sonia Sotomayor) |
| NEKOCASE | She was formerly a member of The New Pornographers (4,4) |
| MINISTER | Church houses one member of the clergy (8) |
| LANTERNS | They make you see the light (8) |
| PLATONIC | Climbing mountain, something good for health according to one philosopher (8) |
| DOORNAIL | Lion Dora shot, according to one saying it's dead (8) |
| INASENSE | Innocence proclaimed according to one interpretation (2,1,5) |
| DIPLOMAT | Official makes you see old lady during bath time |
| DAME | Title awarded to women members of the New Zealand Order of Merit (4) |
| KIRWAN | One of the stars of the New Zealand team which won the first Rugby World Cup in 1987 (6) |
| LITMUS | The acid test that'll make you see red! |
| CRIMSON | Endless crime, my boy, can make you see red! (7) |
