| SUGABABES | Pop trio whose hits include Red Dress (9) |
| JONASBROTHERS | Pop trio whose Like It's Christmas topped the Adult Contemporary chart in 2019: 2 wds. |
| DEEELITE | '90s dance-pop trio whose "Groove"-y hit samples Herbie Hancock, a belly dancing record, and the theme from Green Acres |
| BANANARAMA | Female trio whose hits in the '80s include Venus, Robert De Niro's Waiting and I Heard A Rumour (10) |
| TLC | American musical trio whose hits included Waterfalls and No Scrubs |
| MALKOVICH | Actor whose movies include Red and Dangerous Liaisons, John _ (9) |
| READDRESS | Turn up a red dress and send on to a different place (9) |
| SALTNPEPA | '90s female pop trio with the hits Push It and Shoop |
| IMWITHHER | Folk trio whose name predates 2016, or a hint to two words contained in each starred clue's answer |
| JIMBELUSHI | American actor whose films include Red Heat and K-9 (3,7) |
| STAR | Type of celestial body whose stages of evolution can include red giant, planetary nebula, white dwarf, supernova and black hole (4) |
| KINGCRIMSON | English rock band whose albums include Red (1974) and Three of a Perfect Pair (1984) (4,7) |
| OCASEY | SeA¡n __, Irish dramatist whose works include Red Roses For Me (6) |
| FIENNES | Ralph _, actor whose films include Red Dragon and No Time to Die (7) |
| BRIGITTENIELSEN | Danish actress, model and singer whose films include Red Sonja, Rocky IV and Cobra. alongside her then-husband Sylvester Stallone (8.7) |
| CLOTHE | Group wearing famous red dress (6) |
| SCARLET | Miss ___ (Clue character in a red dress) |
| READJUST | Just a red dress produced by tailor again (8) |
| TEARDROP | Pearl knocks over wine covering a red dress (8) |
| HER | The woman in the red dress (3) |
