| MCMANUS | Mick, professional wrestler born in 1920 dubbed The Dulwich Destroyer (7) |
| SOANE | Architect who designed the Dulwich Picture Gallery and the since re-built Bank of England; knighted in 1831, he was the son of a bricklayer (5) |
| BIGDADDY | British professional wrestler born Shirley Crabtree (3,5) |
| EVAMARIE | WWE professional wrestler born Natalie Nelson |
| SITHOLE | Ndabaningi, Zimbabwean politician born in 1920 (7) |
| SHANKAR | Ravi, sitarist born in 1920 (7) |
| TRIPLEH | Wrestler born Paul Levesque |
| THEROCK | US actor still known by this name he used as a professional wrestler (3,4) |
| MIKEMARINO | English professional wrestler in the World of Sport era born Michael Harrison in 1921 |
| ISAACSTERN | Polish-born U.S. classical violinist born in 1920 (5,5) |
| STERN | Isaac, Russian-born American violinist born in 1920 (5) |
| CHARLIEPARKER | U.S. jazz saxophonist born in 1920, nicknamed Bird (7,6) |
| STOKES | Doris, spiritualist and professional medium born in 1920 (6) |
| JOHNCENA | US actor and professional wrestler, who starred in the films Daddy's Home, The Marine, The Wall and Bumblebee (4,4) |
| FRANKLIN | Rosalind, chemist born in 1920 whose work was key to discovering the structure of DNA (8) |
| RIMINI | Adriatic resort where Federico Fellini was born in 1920 (6) |
| HEIMLICH | Henry ******** , US surgeon born in 1920 who invented a manoeuvre for stopping choking (8) |
| CELAN | Paul ***** , Romanian poet born in 1920 (5) |
| HOWE | Irving **** , US literary and social critic born in 1920 (4) |
| MESSITER | Ian ___, radio producer born in 1920 who invented panel game Just a Minute |
