| ELCID | 11th century Spanish soldier whose original name was Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar (2,3) |
| VILLA | and 13ac, Mexican revolutionary leader whose original name was Doroteo Arango (6,5) |
| RAMBO | Former soldier whose first appearance as a fictional character was in a 1972 novel called First Blood |
| ALI | Last name of the boxer whose original name was Cassius Clay |
| PEA | Miniature cork ball in a whistle; old name for a bird in the genus Pavo known collectively as a muster; or, a podded vegetable whose original name was thought to be plural (3) |
| STENDHAL | French writer, 1783-1842, whose original name was Marie-Henri Beyle (8) |
| RADIOHEAD | "Creep" band whose original name was On a Friday |
| BEACHBOYS | "Good Vibrations" band whose original name was the Pendletones: 2 wds. |
| PEARLJAM | "Jeremy" band whose original name was Mookie Blaylock: 2 wds. |
| GREENDAY | "American Idiot" band whose original name was Sweet Children: 2 wds. |
| PANCHO | and 13ac, Mexican revolutionary leader whose original name was Doroteo Arango (6,5) |
| SPINALTAP | Fictional English heavy metal band whose original name was The Thamesmen (6,3) |
| BARNABAS | Cypriot Jew whose original name was Joseph the Levite (8) |
| TITIAN | Italian painter of the Venetian school whose original name was Tiziano Vecellio (6) |
| TINTORETTO | Italian painter of the Venetian school whose original name was Jacopo Robusti |
| ABBA | Band whose original name was Festfolk (Swedish for "party people") |
| FRAANGELICO | Italian fresco painter and Dominican friar whose original name was Guido di Pietro (3,8) |
| CANALETTO | Italian painter whose original name was Giovanni Antonio Canal (9) |
| RETICULUM | Small southern constellation, between Dorado and Hydrus, whose original name was Rhombus (9) |
| BUDAPEST | ........ Honved, Hungarian football team whose original name was Kispesti AC (8) |
