| RODDY | "The Commitments" author Doyle |
| RODDYDOYLE | The Commitments author (5,5) |
| ACD | Monogram for author Doyle |
| CONAN | Middle name of author Doyle |
| MEANEY | Who played the father of the family in The Commitments, The Snapper and The Van? (6) |
| DECO | Played by Andrew Strong, what is the name of the singer in the Commitments? (4) |
| LIPS | Joey "The " Fagan plays the trumpet in The Commitments. (4) |
| DOYLE | Roddy, author of The Commitments (5) |
| PARKER | Director, writer and producer whose films include Pink Floyd: The Wall, The Commitments and Angela's Ashes (6) |
| OUTSPAN | Nickname of the guitarist in The Commitments, played by Glen Hansard in Alan Parker's 1991 film |
| ANDREACORR | Irish singer, from a well-known musical family, who played Sharon Rabbitte in the 1991 film The Commitments |
| TRYA | The Commitments' "___ Little Tenderness" |
| PROMISES | Rips some characters off from The Commitments (8) |
| MUSTANG | The Commitments hit, ___ Sally |
| ANGELINE | -------- Ball, star of 1991's The Commitments (8) |
| BRONAGH | ------- Gallagher, Bernie in The Commitments (7) |
| IRE | "The Commitments" loc. |
| ALAN | Who directed The Commitments? (4,6) |
| ONESDUTY | It's expected that everyone should do it producing singles by one of The Commitments (3'1,4) |
| PLAYTRUANT | Fail to honour the commitments of one's class? (4,6) |
