| ENGLISHLANGUAGE | It's all the talk of Liverpool, in a manner of speaking (7,8) |
| THAI | It's all the talk in Bangkok? |
| SHEPPARD | David, former England Test cricket captain who became the Bishop of Liverpool in 1975 (8) |
| SCOUSE | The talk of Liverpool |
| ARNESLOT | Dutch coach appointed as manager of Liverpool in 2024 (4,4) |
| BAINBRIDGE | Novelist born in Liverpool in 1932 remembered for books including The Dressmaker, The Bottle Factory |
| BIBBY | Founded in Liverpool in 1807 by John ___ (d.1840), the ___ Line is the world's oldest independently owned deep sea shipping line (5) |
| RHIAN | ___ Brewster, member of the England squad which won the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup who joined Sheffield United from Liverpool in 2020 |
| BEATLES | The ---, rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960 (7) |
| TEARDROP | The ____ Explodes, post-punk band formed in Liverpool in 1978 (8) |
| AGREE | Be of the same opinion that in the East it's all the rage |
| ALEXEI | ___ Sayle, stand-up comedian born in Liverpool in 1952 (6) |
| ATOMICKITTEN | Pop girl group formed in Liverpool in 1998 (6,6) |
| INTERRED | Italian side like Liverpool in the ground (8) |
| BOARDMAN | Stan, English comedian born in Liverpool in 1937 (8) |
| ATOMIC | ____ Kitten, girl group founded in Liverpool in 1998 (6) |
| FIFTH | Final position held by Liverpool in the 2022-23 Premier League (5) |
| IANRUSH | Prolific goal scorer for Liverpool in the 1980s (3,4) |
| YEATS | Ron, Scottish central defender who captained Liverpool in the 1960s (5) |
| BOERSMA | Phil ___ , Middlesbrough attacker signed from Liverpool in 1975 (7) |
