| DUBLINERS | People from the city that's the Irish Republic's capital or the Black Velvet Band folk group, The .. |
| CANBERRA | The city that's built around Lake Burley Griffin |
| SKIFFLE | A genre of jug band folk music often incorporating homemade instruments such as cigar box guitars, comb kazoos, Swanee whistles, tea chest basses and washboards (7) |
| DUBLIN | Irish Republic capital (6) |
| MOLE | Burrowing mammal associated with the Jacobean toast "to the little gentleman in the black velvet waistcoat" due to its alleged part in the death of William III (4) |
| BAND | "The Black Velvet ___" (Irish classic) |
| SANJOSE | Costa Rica's capital or the city in California (3,4) |
| TUNIS | World capital or the name of its gulf |
| UNICORN | "The ___" by Canadian folk group The Irish Rovers |
| DAIL | The lower house of the Irish Republic's parliament (4) |
| GREATDIVIDE | Continental wall formed by the Rockies ... or the black square separating each set of circled letters |
| TAR | Featherer's glue of choice; or, the black mark of an old sea dog or jack (3) |
| DICKGAUGHAN | Scottish guitarist and singer-songwriter who was a member of the folk groups The Boys of the Lough and Five Hand Reel |
| ASEA | In the Red or the Black |
| SEA | The Red or the Black, e.g. |
| LENTIL | Legume such as the green puy or the black beluga varieties (6) |
| DUO | The White Stripes or The Black Keys, e.g. |
| SABLE | Marten whose relatives include ferret, otter, stoat and weasel; its luxuriant dark-brown fur; an artist's paintbrush made from said hair; or, the black tincture in heraldry (5) |
| HORSE | Black Beauty or the Black Stallion |
| TAOISEACH | Formal title of the Irish Republic's prime minister (9) |
