| ERNESTHEMINGWAY | 1954 Nobel-winning American author whose early career was spent as a Foreign Correspondent for The Toronto Star in the 1920s: 2 wds. |
| ROTH | Award-winning American writer whose books portray middle-class Jewish life (4) |
| STEGNER | 1972 Pulitzer-winning American author Wallace |
| LELY | Best known for his portraits of silk-swathed ladies in Windsor Beauties, Dutch artist whose career was spent in England as painter to the Royal court (4) |
| JONNY | Rugby union scrumhalf whose career was spent with Worcester Warriors, 2007-19 (5,3) |
| ARR | Rugby union scrumhalf whose career was spent with Worcester Warriors, 2007-19 (5,3) |
| KEENAN | Brian ___, writer whose book An Evil Cradling is an account of the years he spent as a hostage in Beirut (6) |
| STRATHCLYDE | Until 1996, the venue for the 'T in the Park' festival, - Country Park (11) |
| DEAD | Spent, as a battery |
| RYDELL | High school for the T-Birds and the Pink Ladies |
| ENGEL | Richard ___, longtime chief foreign correspondent for 46-Down |
| SUE | Name for the T. rex at Chicago's Field Museum |
| BEIRUT | Rough posting for a foreign correspondent |
| PENFRIEND | A foreign correspondent (3-6) |
| PEN | With 10-Across, a foreign correspondent |
| YELTSIN | Russian president whose early working life was spent in the construction industry (7) |
| EDISON | Inventor who in his early career worked as a night telegrapher for the grand Trunk Railway in North America (6, 6) |
| MICHAELJORDAN | Basketball player whose career was the subject of the 2020 documentary series The Last Dance (7,6) |
| RICHARD | - I; king of the English known as the Lionheart who spent as little as six months in England during his 10-year reign (7) |
| SHERIDANSMITH | She played the title role in the 2014 drama Cilla about the early career of Cilla Black (8,5) |
