| INDEMAND | The denim confection, as well, will be popular |
| DETERMINED | Resolved to give "77" the denim confection (10) |
| SHORTCAKE | Such a confection as the rock might be (9) |
| INFORMED | Told it's for lining denim confection (8) |
| INFIRMLY | "And thus it is that that men who rise well will often stand ____" (Henry Taylor on climbing the political slippery pole) |
| ASPIRING | Hopeful a well will contain coins at centre (8) |
| INKSPOTS | In the 1930s and 1940s, the ____, were one of the first African American vocal groups to be popular with both black and white audiences |
| CLARINET | What Acker Bilk played may be popular in Bordeaux (8) |
| HASBEENS | They used to be popular |
| MUSCLEIN | Take control with 1,000 new clues that could be popular (6,2) |
| LAYASIDE | Discard song - song intended to be popular |
| RIDEHIGH | Be popular and successful (4,4) |
| LABOHEME | Home ale brewed around Belgium which has been popular since 1896 (2,6) |
| TROTTING | Equestrian sport that has been popular in Mallorca for more than 200 years with racetracks in Palma and Manacor (8) |
| MINER | Rips up nearly all the denim trouser from the bottom for one of those working in The Underground (5) |
| JEANS | Boyfriend, flared, low-rise, skinny or straight trousers with a flat-fell seam, traditionally fashioned from the denim from the town of Nimes (5) |
| LEVI | Strauss with the denim inventory |
| DETEST | Try on the denim top but don't like it (6) |
| LOOKEE | "Well, will ya ___ here!" |
| OPENERS | Such batsmen may be popular at the crease and in the bar (7) |