| CARY | Archibald Leach became better known as actor ___ Grant |
| COMRADES | Founded in 1932, the Army ___ Association became better known as the Blueshirts. (8) |
| ROUGE | Cosmetic that became better known as blusher over the century |
| EMI | The Electrical and Musical Industries Ltd became better known as this recording giant (1,1,1) |
| CARYGRANT | Actor born Archibald Leach in Bristol, England in 1904 (4,5) |
| GRANT | Cary, pseudonym of actor born Archibald Leach in Bristol in 1904 (5) |
| LIXIVIATE | Long Island team quickly accepts lead for Archibald Leach |
| WORRYINGIS | Start of a quip by Mary Schmich, from a Chicago Tribune column that became better known as the MIT c |
| GREWINTO | Became better at, as a role |
| HUGH | Actor ___ Grant of "Florence Foster Jenkins" |
| HOCHI | Foundation member of the French communist party in 1924 as Nguyen the Patriot, he became better know |
| ELIZA | Pygmalion character who became better known in its film adaptation My Fair Lady, ... Doolittle |
| OSS | CIA forerunner, the Office of Strategic Services became better known by these initials (1,1,1) |
| RECOVERED | Upholstered again and became better |
| TAROTCARD | Justice, perhaps, as actor injured with dart (5,4) |
| OUTOFPLAY | In touch maybe as actor no longer in the cast? |
| GIELGUD | Loved the stage, in which I rose as actor |
| ARSENIC | As actor discontentedly simulated endless incest (7) |
| EXTRADITES | Takes back legally as actor stops working overtime? (10) |
| ROBERTDENIRO | Reincarnated editor reborn as actor (12) |
