| ELDRITCH | Surname adopted by Andrew Taylor, singer with the Sisters of Mercy (8) |
| MORWENNA | Women ran out with the sister of Rowella Chynoweth in Poldark (8) |
| FEMINISM | Iron short skirt for sadomasochism with the sisters (8) |
| NUNSHABIT | Those taking orders from ensemble of late for Don? This outfit synonymous with the sisters! (3'1,5) |
| GOTHS | Followers of The Cure or The Sisters of Mercy, e.g. (5) |
| GOTH | Resilient fashion style favoured by fans of Bauhaus, The Sisters Of Mercy etc (4) |
| PLEIADES | In Greek mythology, the seven daughters of the Titan Atlas and the Oceanid Pleione; sisters of the Hyades (8) |
| UNDERTHEGUN | 1993 single by the Sisters of Mercy, their last despite still touring today |
| MARYROSE | With the sister boat Peter Pomegranate, Henry VIII's warship whose first sailing master Thomas Spert accepted the royal charter for Trinity House in 1514 (4,4) |
| TEMPERATURES | The Sisters of Mercy have been known to take them as The Weather Girls record them (12) |
| CORDELIA | Lear's daughter, the sister of Goneril and Regan (8) |
| DASHWOOD | Sense and Sensibility follows two sisters of this surname (8) |
| UNITY | First name of one of the sisters of Nancy Mitford and of the Dowager Duchess of Devonshire (5) |
| BEATRICE | The sister of Princess Eugenie (8) |
| NUNS | The Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, for example |
| MARYMACKILLOP | A saint, who co-founded the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart? (4,9) |
| MCGEAR | Surname adopted by Paul McCartney's younger brother Peter as a member of The Scaffold (6) |
| MORECAMBE | Surname adopted by the Lancashire comedian John Eric Bartholomew (9) |
| BELL | Pseudonymous surname adopted by the Brontës |
| RAMONE | Surname adopted by all members of a certain punk band |
