| BORGLUM | US sculptor (1867-1941) who carved the heads of four presidents into Mount Rushmore (6,7) |
| GUTZON | US sculptor (1867-1941) who carved the heads of four presidents into Mount Rushmore (6,7) |
| RUSHMORE | Gutzon Borglum carved the huge sculptures of four presidents into the rock face of this Black Hills |
| DRIESCH | German biologist (1867- 1941) |
| FOUR | Number of presidents carved into Mount Rushmore |
| ABE | President carved into Mount Rushmore, informally |
| FLOUR | Heads of four local obliging undertakers retain powder |
| ARCHIE | Appearing in comics from 1941, who has friends Veronica, Betty and Jughead? (6) |
| COSGRAVE | Patrick, Irish-born journalist born in 1941 who advised Margaret Thatcher (8) |
| PAULSIMON | Singer-songwriter born on October 13, 1941 who wrote five songs mentioned in this puzzle |
| ALANGREENSPAN | Federal Reserve chairman under four presidents |
| COLORADORIVER | Waterway that carved the Grand Canyon |
| OLACOHN | Who carved the Fairies Tree into a red gum trunk in Fitzroy Gardens as a gift to the children of Mel |
| NABATEANS | The Arabian nomadic people who carved the city of Petra (9) |
| CANOVA | Antonio, sculptor who carved The Three Graces (6) |
| BRACKENRIDGE | Marian, US sculptor who modelled bronze markers for the 1960 centennial of the Pony Express (12) |
| ZORRO | The name of this South American fox was given to the fictional masked hero who carved his initial with three strokes of the sword |
| RODIN | Artist who carved "The Kiss" from marble |
| PINE | "Letter to the Person Who Carved His Initials Into the Oldest Living Longleaf ___ in North America" (Matthew Olzmann poem) |
| COPPINI | Pompeo ___, Italian-born US sculptor best known for the Alamo Plaza work Spirit of Sacrifice in San Antonio, Texas |