| Spice Girls hit which they performed at the 2012 Olympic closing ceremony (7) | The Guardian Weekend | 30 Aug 2025 | 
          
            | Aspiring popstar, eg (slang) |  |  | 
          
            | Spice Girls debut released nearly 30 years ago (7) |  |  | 
          
            | One aspiring for Spice Girls hit on Top of the Pops (7) |  |  | 
          
            | Hopeful cop bedecked in flag (7) | The Guardian Cryptic | 13 Mar 2025 | 
          
            | Status seeker |  |  | 
          
            | Hopeful | Eugene Sheffer | 04 Jan 2025 | 
          
            | Debut hit for the Spice Girls (7) |  |  | 
          
            | Aspiring Australian bank in decline (7) |  |  | 
          
            | Aspirant - slangily, and unkindly (7) |  |  | 
          
            | Debut single by English girl group the Spice Girls, released in 1996 (7) |  |  | 
          
            | 1996 debut hit by the Spice Girls (7) |  |  | 
          
            | Signature song of the Spice Girls |  |  | 
          
            | Aspiring girl in a webcast (7) |  |  | 
          
            | 1996 Spice Girls hit espousing girl power | Universal | 01 Apr 2024 | 
          
            | Hopeful | Eugene Sheffer | 25 Nov 2023 | 
          
            | One aspiring to fame | Newsday | 05 Jun 2023 | 
          
            | Ambitious and aspiring young person | The Guardian Quick | 27 Mar 2023 | 
          
            | Pale imitator | USA Today | 20 Feb 2023 | 
          
            | Hopeful prohibition gets lifted during decline | The Times Cryptic | 24 Aug 2022 | 
          
            | Budding | The Telegraph Quick | 29 May 2022 | 
          
            | Spice Girls' debut single | The Guardian Weekend | 09 Apr 2022 | 
          
            | Hopeful cop in decline | The Telegraph Toughie | 21 Sep 2021 | 
          
            | Fame-hungry person | Universal | 20 Aug 2021 | 
          
            | We must hold girl back at first, potential starlet |  |  | 
          
            | Hopeful | Eugene Sheffer | 04 Nov 2020 | 
          
            | First #1 hit for the Spice Girls | New York Times | 28 Aug 2020 | 
          
            | Aspiring sort | Wall Street Journal | 07 Jul 2020 | 
          
            | Hopeful embargo will be lifted in fall |  |  | 
          
            | Dreamer | New York Times | 19 Jan 2020 | 
          
            | Dreamer |  |  | 
          
            | Aspiring celeb, perhaps | USA Today | 09 Oct 2019 | 
          
            | A new ban upset one aspiring to greatness |  |  | 
          
            | Nick wearing flag, hopeful | The Telegraph Toughie | 09 Apr 2019 | 
          
            | Ambitious person | The Telegraph Quick | 29 Jan 2019 | 
          
            | Aspiring celeb, perhaps |  |  | 
          
            | Overeager aspirant | Wall Street Journal | 08 Mar 2018 | 
          
            | Person dreaming of fame | Newsday | 12 Feb 2018 | 
          
            | Aspirant | LA Times Daily | 26 Jan 2018 | 
          
            | Aspirant | The Washington Post | 26 Jan 2018 | 
          
            | Poseur | New York Times | 14 Jan 2018 | 
          
            | Poseur |  |  | 
          
            | Aspirant |  |  | 
          
            | Star-struck emulator | Newsday | 16 Dec 2017 | 
          
            | Hopeful to swipe pale dresses | The Telegraph Toughie | 14 Nov 2017 | 
          
            | Hopeful | The Washington Post | 28 Oct 2017 | 
          
            | Hopeful | LA Times Daily | 28 Oct 2017 | 
          
            | Shrink round collar of postulant |  |  | 
          
            | Ambitious type Soubry and bishop caught by the Eye |  |  | 
          
            | Poseur | Universal | 19 Mar 2017 | 
          
            | Hopeful |  |  | 
          
            | Nick's in decline, but hopeful |  |  | 
          
            | Hopeful | USA Today | 26 Sep 2015 | 
          
            | Live with girl, primarily ambitious sort | The Times Cryptic | 15 Jun 2015 | 
          
            | We have a girl - a born parvenu |  |  | 
          
            | Hopeful |  |  | 
          
            | One who dreams of fame, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Hit 1996 single that is the world's catchiest song, according to Dutch researchers |  |  | 
          
            | Aspirant |  |  | 
          
            | Starstruck sort, maybe |  |  | 
          
            | Pretender |  |  | 
          
            | Aspirer |  |  | 
          
            | Hanger-on |  |  | 
          
            | Emulator |  |  | 
          
            | Hopeful |  |  | 
          
            | One who dreams of fame |  |  | 
          
            | Aspirant, informally |  |  | 
          
            | Hopeful |  |  | 
          
            | Pretender |  |  | 
          
            | Aspiring one |  |  | 
          
            | Striver |  |  | 
          
            | Pretender |  |  | 
          
            | Ambitious type, informally |  |  |