| SOME | "_ are born great, _ achieve greatness, and _ have greatness thrust upon them": Malvolio, in Twelfth Night (4) |
| GUNS | Go great ___ (achieve much success) |
| STRIDES | Make great ___ (achieve significant progress) |
| TURN | Toss and ___ (have trouble sleeping) |
| OUTER | Down-and-___; have-not |
| GREATNESS | "..., some achieve ..., and some have ... thrust upon them" (Twelfth Night) (9) |
| COMEDY | Countess Olivia and Malvolio, easily deceived? Yes at first, in Twelfth Night perhaps |
| SUMMER | "___ born great", said Malvolio, the mathematician (6) |
| GIBBERISH | Husband and father, born great, overthrown? There's no sense in it |
| SIRTOBYBELCH | Uncle of Olivia in Twelfth Night who plays tricks on Malvolio (3,4,5) |
| FAME | "___ can take interesting men and thrust mediocrity upon them": David Bowie (4) |
| PEAL | A set of bells and the series of changes rung upon them (4) |
| GLORY | Murderous environment in which left can achieve greatness |
| ARE | "Some ___ born great": "Twelfth Night" |
| UNDREAMEDOF | "Projects _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ by past generations will absorb our immediate descendants, comforts, activities, amenities, pleasures will crowd upon them, but their hearts will ache and their lives w |
| TRUTH | "The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of ___ upon them" (Ida B. Wells) |
| BREAKARECORD | Achieve greatness |
| AGE | It takes many years to achieve greatness (3) |
| GOFAR | Achieve greatness |
| SOMEARE | "___ born great ..." (Shakespeare) |
