| BIOGRAPHICAL | Of a person's life story (12) |
| BIOGRAPHY | Art of writing a person's life story in an account of the same name (9) |
| BIOPIC | A film, such as The King's Speech, that tells a person's life story (6) |
| BIO | A person's life story |
| BIOGRAPHER | One who writes a person's life story (10) |
| OBIT | Recollection of a person's life (abbr.) |
| BIODATA | Details of a person's life, education and career (7) |
| AUTOBIOGRAPHY | Account of a person's life written by that person (13) |
| CHAPTER | From "caput", meaning "head", a titled division of a book or other written work; a distinctive period in history or in a person's life; or, a series of events forming an episode (7) |
| MINDTRANSFER | Hypothetical upload of a person's memories into another brain ... or a three-piece hint to the substitutions in this puzzle's third row? |
| MEASUREMENTS | The size of a person's waist, chest, hips used when buying clothes (12) |
| OLDSCHOOLTIE | Emblem of a person's education |
| CHILDHOOD | Early period in a person's life (9) |
| EPOCHS | Geochronologic units between periods and ages; particular points in history or in a person's life; or, the notable events marking these (6) |
| APHETA | The planet that has the most influence on a person's life: astrology |
| ESTATE | A property consisting of an extensive area of land usually with a large house / all of a person's assets and liabilities, especially after death |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | British Library writer blocks life story and book list (12) |
| OBITUARY | Account of a recently deceased person's life |
| VOLUME | Book forming part of a series; thickness of a person's hair; or, a dial for adjusting loudness (6) |
| BURTONALBION | Hearing character's life story in smart club (6,6) |
