| THEROCK | Dwayne Johnson's nickname, acquired when he was a wrestler (3,4) |
| OILMEN | Nickname acquired by Hampshire club Fawley after a post WW2 influx of staff from a local Esso refinery (6) |
| BOTTICELLI | Meaning "little barrel", Florentine painter Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi's nickname acquired from his presumably portly brother, later adopted as his family surname (10) |
| BOTTLEFUL | Nerve acquired when drunk, they say _ after consuming this? (9) |
| ASMALLFORTUNE | Lots of money acquired when shopping precinct is supporting music (1,5,7) |
| CAMEBY | Acquired when one called on (4,2) |
| DEADSEA | George Burns quipped that when he was a boy, it was only sick |
| PAOLINI | Christopher ___ Eragon author who published his first book when he was a teen |
| BIGUNIT | 6' 10" pitcher Randy Johnson's nickname |
| RAMPAGE | Dwayne Johnson's giant creature feature (7) |
| ROCK | Ballers star Dwayne Johnson's nickname, The ___ (4) |
| SIR | John Paul McQueen was called __ by his pupils when he was a teacher in Hollyoaks (3) |
| TBIRD | Nickname of gnome sculptor Tom Clark when he was a religion prof at Davidson College |
| BLOODTRANSFUSION | Did You Know? Canadian physician Dr. Norman Bethune (b.1890 - d.1939) organized a mobile ___ ___ service for the wounded when he was a volunteer during the Spanish Civil War |
| HUGHGRANT | When he was a child, which actor's piano teacher was Andrew Lloyd Webber's mother? (4,5) |
| RNY | Abbr. after Al D'Amato's name when he was a senator |
| LEW | Kareem, when he was a New York City high schooler |
| RVA | Letters after John Warner's name when he was a senator |
| ITSGEEKTORME | Mel's least favorite way to be greeted when he was a kid? |
| LAKING | Wayne Gretzky when he was a hockey player, e.g.: 2 wds. |
