| DIEGORIVERA | Artist who claimed to have engaged in cannibalism in 1904 |
| ZOFFANY | Artist and adventurer alleged to have engaged in cannibalism when he was shipwrecked in the Indian Ocean; his works include Charles Towneley in the Park St Gallery and Tribuna of the Uffizi (7) |
| AVAMAX | Recording artist who claimed to be Sweet But Psycho (3,3) |
| ANDYWARHOL | American artist who claimed that "in the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes" (4,6) |
| DABBLED | To have engaged in discussion, is to have done what (7) |
| DEBATED | To have engaged in discussion, is to have done what (7) |
| FENCED | To have engaged in sword fighting, is to have done what (6) |
| SPED | Hurried to have engaged in espionage when one left (4) |
| POLANEGRI | Polish silent film actress who claimed to have been engaged to Rudolph Valentino at the time of his |
| KASPARHAUSER | 19th-century German youth who claimed to have grown up in a darkened cell |
| ELLIS | Dock ___, pitcher who claimed to have thrown a no-hitter on LSD in 1970 |
| BYRD | US naval officer who claimed to have been the first to fly over the North Pole |
| LASSETER | Prospector who claimed to have found a fabulous reef of gold in central Australia (8) |
| NATLOVE | Nineteenth-century cowboy who claimed to have earned the nickname Deadwood Dick in a roping contest |
| KLF | Pop duo who claimed to have burnt £1 million in 1994. (1,1,1) |
| URI | Geller who claimed to have mental powers |
| JELLYROLLMORTON | Pianist who claimed to have invented jazz |
| PAPADOC | Leader who claimed to have put a fatal curse on J.F.K. |
| SUNRA | Jazz composer who claimed to have been born on Saturn |
| INNKEEPER | Publican who claimed to have no room (9) |
