| SHIRLEYTEMPLE | American film and television child actress who later became a US ambassador (7,6) |
| GLENDA | --- Jackson, actress who later became MP for Hampstead and Kilburn (6) |
| IRENEDUNNE | Golden Age of Hollywood actress who later became an alternate U.N. delegate |
| ROCKHUDSON | American film and TV actor who starred in Giant (1956) |
| LOWE | Rob - - -, American film and TV actor, pictured right (4) |
| EVEPLUMB | TV child star who delivered the line "Marcia, Marcia, Marcia!" |
| HONEYBOOBOO | Former moniker of reality TV child star Alana Thompson |
| DREWBARRYMORE | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial child actress who wrote the memoir Little Girl Lost: 2 wds. |
| ZACHARYTAYLOR | Known by the nickname "Old Rough and Ready", which successful General from the Mexican War later became a short-lived US president? (7,6) |
| DUCHAMP | Marcel, French Dada artist and sculptor who later became a chess journalist (7) |
| SPINKS | 1976 Olympic Light Heavyweight boxing champion who later became a WBC and WBA champion |
| SAULOFTARSUS | One who later became a saint suffering four assaults (4,2,6) |
| GLENN | John, the first U.S. astronaut to orbit the earth who later became a senator (5) |
| LANCEBASS | 'N Sync member who later became a gay rights activist |
| BENAUD | Richie ___, Australia's Test captain from 1958 to 1964 who later became a commentator |
| RICHARDCOLES | Musician with The Communards who later became a priest (7,5) |
| RUTHDONNELLY | American film and stage actress who played Mabel Dawson in 1936 film Mr Deeds Goes to Town (4,8) |
| MONCK | Originally Cromwell's commander-in-chief in Scotland, the Devon-born soldier who later became a key figure in negotiating the restoration of the monarchy to Charles II in 1660 (5) |
| MANNY | Boxer Pacquiao who later became a Philippine senator |
| WHITTINGTON | Dick, three-time Lord Mayor of London who later became a popular pantomime figure with his cat (11) |
