| SECRETARIAT | American thoroughbred, 1973 Triple Crown winner, and subject of a 2010 film |
| OMAHAS | 1935 Triple Crown winner and a Nebraska city |
| FRANKSINATRA | Subject of a 2010 biography subtitled "The Voice" |
| ALPHABETSOUP | American Thoroughbred racehorse that won the Breeders' Cup Classic in 1996 |
| ANTIGONE | The daughter of Oedipus - and subject of a play by Sophocles (8) |
| ELIJAH | Biblical prophet and subject of a Mendelssohn oratorio |
| HELENOFTROY | Title and subject of a Ruby Blondell book, subtitled "Beauty, Myth, Devastation" |
| TELL | William _, Swiss folk hero and subject of a Rossini opera (4) |
| ESTHER | Biblical book and subject of a Handel oratorio |
| WILLIAMTELL | Swiss folk hero and subject of a Rossini opera |
| HECUBA | Priam's wife and subject of a tragedy by Euripides |
| DAVID | Former footballer and subject of a Netflix documentary (5,7) |
| BECKHAM | Former footballer and subject of a Netflix documentary (5,7) |
| ABI | Weatherfield mechanic and subject of a faked sex tape (3) |
| WEBSTER | Weatherfield mechanic and subject of a faked sex tape (7) |
| SPRINGER | Jerry -, US talk show host and subject of a 2003 opera (8) |
| BETH | "Little Women" woman (and subject of a 1976 KISS ballad) |
| OAK | Tree that is the title and subject of a Katharine Towers poetry book |
| LEISURE | Word, based on the Latin for "be allowed" and subject of a poem by W H Davies, for one's free time (7) |
| TURCOTTE | Ron ____ ( rode Secretariat to the 1973 triple crown) |
