| JEROME | Author of Three Men in a Boat (1889) - who shared a middle initial with 11 (6,6) |
| PAULNASH | English painter born in 1889 who was a war artist in World War I and World War II (4,4) |
| CLEVELAND | 22nd US president (1885-1889) who successfully ran again in 1892 |
| CANDLESTICKS | One of three men in a tub made these (12) |
| KLAPKA | Middle name of the author of Three Men in a Boat, Jerome K Jerome (6) |
| HARRYSTRUMAN | 33rd US president whose middle initial doesn't stand for a particular name: 3 wds. |
| JEROMEKJEROME | Novelist, author of 'Three Men in a Boat' (6,1,6) |
| SARAHGBUXTON | ACTRESS WHO PLAYED ANNIE, PLUS MIDDLE INITIAL (two words) |
| CHUCKECHEESE | Rodent mascot whose middle initial stands for "Entertainment" |
| JOHNFKENNEDY | 35th US president whose middle initial stands for Fitzgerald: 3 wds. |
| GEORGEHWBUSH | 41st US president whose two middle initials stand for Herbert and Walker: 4 wds. |
| HARRIS | One of three men in a boat somewhere in the Outer Hebrides |
| HEIGHT | Crowning moment of the second of Three Men In A Boat |
| BEAKER | One of three men in tub trapping behind in the vessel (6) |
| ELMER | Hunter with a middle initial of J |
| ABEDNEGO | In the Book of Daniel, one of three men thrown into a fiery pit for refusing to bow to an image of the king of Babylon (8) |
| SHADRACH | One of three men who, in the Book of Daniel, emerge unscathed from a fiery pit (8) |
| ZORRO | The name of this South American fox was given to the fictional masked hero who carved his initial with three strokes of the sword |
| BAKER | One of "three men in a tub" |
| BOAT | Dara O'Brien was one of three men in this snake pit ultimately (4) |
