| GIELGUD | Sir John ___, Shakespearean actor (7) |
| BARBIROLLI | Sir John ___, eminent Halle Orchestra conductor (10) |
| ABBOTT | Sir John ______ |
| HURT | Sir John ___, The Elephant Man actor (4) |
| STAINER | Sir John ___, English composer (7) |
| TAVENER | Sir John __, composer of The Protecting Veil (1988) (7) |
| VANBRUGH | Sir John _, English architect and dramatist who designed Blenheim Palace (8) |
| MAJOR | One-time British Prime Minister, Sir John _ (5) |
| EVERETT | Sir John _ Millais. artist whose pictures include Bubbles (7) |
| SOANE | Bank of England architect Sir John ___ |
| BETJEMAN | Sir John ___, late Poet Laureate (8) |
| THOMPSON | 4th Prime Minister of Canada, from 1892 to 1894: Sir John ___ (b.1845 d.1894) |
| FALSTAFF | Sir John ___, character who appears in William Shakespeare plays The Merry Wives of Windsor and Henr |
| NOTT | Sir John ___, Secretary of State for Defence during the Falklands War (4) |
| FRANKLIN | 1845: British naval officer who led a fateful expedition to the Northwest Passage, Sir John ___ (b.1786 - d.1847) |
| TENNIEL | Sir John _, English artist most famous for his illustrations in Lewis Carroll's Alice stories (7) |
| NICHOLAS | Forename of Sir Christopher Wren or Sir John Vanbrugh's collaborator known as the "devil's architect" for his use of satanic or pagan symbols (8) |
| BARONET | Title carried by the likes of Sir John Fowler, Sir William McAlpine and Daniel Gooch (7) |
| ELTON | Sir John of pop music |
| SHAKESPEARE | Actor Sir John Mills died on 23 April, the same date which playwright died? (11) |
