| HANSBRINGER | Who carried artist Holbein to the party? |
| HANS | Artist Holbein |
| MARATHON | Which sporting event commemorates the run of Pheidippides, who carried the news of the Persian landing at ___ to Sparta? |
| MORDAUNT | Penny, politician who carried the ceremonial sword at the coronation of King Charles III (8) |
| ARMIGER | Originally a person who carried a knight's shield, now someone who is entitled to heraldic arms (7) |
| SNUG | Home of Simon, who carried the cross for Jesus |
| HEISTED | Man is identified who carried out the robbery (7) |
| LICTOR | An official who carried the fasces |
| CATHERINEHOWARD | Who carried the can, losing head sadly? |
| ANNOUNCE | Girl who carried little weight had to give notice (8) |
| AMBASSADORS | The ___, 1533 painting by Hans Holbein the Younger in the National Gallery, London, that features a skull, rendered in anamorphic perspective |
| NUNCIOS | Holbein - the last drawn cousin of The Ambassadors? (7) |
| DETULIT | Who carried you down to me? Quis te mihi ____? Cf. Aen. 9.18-9 |
| GERONIMO | Apache medicine man who carried out raids to resist colonization of his homeland |
| DIOGENES | Greek Cynic philosopher who carried a lamp during the day looking for an honest man |
| GRAINGER | Katherine, Olympic rower who carried the sword at King Charles' coronation ceremony in Edinburgh (8) |
| DONALDDINNIE | Renowned nineteenth-century strongman who carried boulders across the Potarch Bridge (6,6) |
| HERALD | A person who carried important messages and made announcement, esp. in the past(6) |
| NESSUS | In Greek mythology, a centaur who carried travellers across the Evenus for a small fee (6) |
| LAWLER | Wrestler Jerry who carried a publicized feud with Andy Kaufman |
