I'll reluctantly let Weighed pass (maybe it's more common where you are), but Bow is a stretch too far. Good grid besides that.

Hard disagree with Dd87 here. I can think of one or two Wades, but half a dozen people named "Bo" off the top of my head (Derek, Diddley, Hopkins, Dietl, Biden, Obama (okay, he's a dog, but still)). It's a fine, fine grid.

On that basis, I'll retract. My own lack of knowledge doesn't make the grid bad :)

Diddley is the only one of those people I've heard of though, so perhaps it's an age/location thing for me. The only Wades I know are in video games and movies.

Was there a single crossover/red herring in there or was the only difficulty down to the obscurity of the male names chosen?

Doesn’t really need too many red herrings as some
Clues needed some mental working too.

Also, Beau Bridges

Beau Geste was the first one that came to my mind. Good grid.

didn't even spot the names after the grid resolved! The rest were easy, one hard line. Funny old mix

Kept trying to put s in front of other words (like tring and weighed)