| COCKNEYS | People born in London, strictly speaking within hearing of Bow Bells (8) |
| BOWBELLS | Cockneys are born within hearing of these |
| TRIBAL | Bawling starting within hearing of group |
| WINSTONE | Film and TV actor born in London in 1957, Ray -------- (8) |
| ABEBEAME | New York City mayor who was born in London |
| TZEPORAH | Environmental activist Ms. Berman, born in London, ON |
| SEVERELY | Strictly speaking, initially, first lady comes to depend on it (8) |
| FARFALLE | Pasta in the shape of bow ties or butterflies (8) |
| ORALEXAM | How one could be judged strictly speaking? (4,4) |
| EASTENDER | Someone born within the sound of Bow Bells? (4,5) |
| COCKNEY | Someone born within earshot of Bow bells (7) |
| TWEENERS | People born in the early 1960s |
| ANDY | Easy to use within the sound of Bow Bells (4) |
| FLETCHER | Manufacturer of bows and arrows (8) |
| TWOTREES | Rosette would initially represent a couple of bows, we hear (3,5) |
| SEPTIC | Addled American celebrated by bards of Bow Bells (6) |
| CHEAPSIDE | Street in the City of London, famous for the Bow Bells of St Maryle-Bow church (9) |
| CHAPLIN | A legend of screen comedy, born in London in 1889 (7) |
| NESBIT | Novelist born in London in 1858 who wrote The Story of the Treasure Seekers, Five Children and It, T |
| WARREN | Frank ......, English boxing promoter and manager born in London in 1952 (6) |
