| GILGAMESH | (GKN) Sumerian king whose exploits are chronicled in the world's oldest epic poem, dating from around 2100 BC (9) |
| SAGA | Novel in which the generations of a family are chronicled in a long narrative |
| ARTHUR | Legendary king whose exploits were developed in writings by Geoffrey of Monmouth, Sir Thomas Malory and Chretien de Troyes (6) |
| MIDWESTERN | Director behind The Road and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, for example, is from the states - aroun |
| POIROT | Fastidious detective whose exploits are narrated by his companion Hastings |
| RANDA | A darn rough round in the world's oldest golf club (1,3,1) |
| KIKUYU | Kenya's largest ethnic groupliing chiefly aroun Mout Kenya (6) |
| AGRICOLA | Roman governor of Britannia whose life and exploits are described in a biography by his son-in-law Tacitus (8) |
| POMPOUS | "Your exploits are so fascinating, ___" |
| PICOFGILGAMESH | Sumerian king's image? |
| ENRON | Collapsed company chronicled in the 2005 documentary subtitled "The Smartest Guys in the Room" |
| ERICLIDDELL | Scottish athlete who won gold in the 400 metres at the 1924 Paris Olympics and whose exploits featured in the 1981 film Chariots of Fire (4,7) |
| ESPN | Cable channel that was chronicled in the book Those Guys Have All the Fun |
| OED | Ref. work chronicled in "The Professor and the Madman" |
| BOYCE | Young spy chronicled in The Falcon and the Snowman, Christopher ___ |
| DONQUIXOTE | Classic character whose exploits inspired the phrase in this puzzle's circles |
| SINBAD | Hero whose exploits included killing the Old Man of the Sea (6) |
| NSA | Secretive org. chronicled in "The Puzzle Palace" |
| SEVEN | Generations chronicled in the two "Roots" miniseries |
| TROJANWAR | Ten-year battle chronicled in the "Iliad" |
