| OAK | "About his head he wears the winner's ___": "The Two Noble Kinsmen" |
| SHAKESPEARE | He co-wrote The Two Noble Kinsmen with Fletcher (11) |
| FLETCHER | Shakespeare's collaborator on "The Two Noble Kinsmen" |
| PAKEHA | Native village bird, being mischievous, grabbed his head - he was once a foreigner (6) |
| WHATANERVE | How dare he wear the van out! (4,1,5) |
| LOSES | Ice-T's "The Winner ___" |
| TAKESITALL | ABBA power ballad, The Winner ___ |
| ILLS | The man's losing his head - he's got troubles! (4) |
| WAYNE | To get marine predator, waterski wildly about his head initially (5,5) |
| SHARK | To get marine predator, waterski wildly about his head initially (5,5) |
| BUCKTOOTHED | Young man trumpeted about his head having incisive issues (4-7) |
| ENCLOSED | "Check ___" (the two most beautiful words in English, facetiously) |
| TAXES | Death and ___ (the two certainties according to Ben Franklin) |
| MAN | At the Nag's Head, he's the master |
| EYES | Since a bull's ___ are on each side of its head, he can see all around without having to move his head |
| SOT | Thus, at the Turk's Head, he drinks a lot (3) |
| KINSMEN | Two Noble ___, play of 1634 attributed to John Fletcher and William Shakespeare (7) |
| ADHERE | From the head he received stick! (6) |
| ARCHER | Demonstrator loses head: he takes a bow! (6) |
| SON | With a swollen head. he gets along (3) |
