| ATHOS | Eldest of the Musketeers |
| ARAMIS | One of the Musketeers (6) |
| ALL | Start of the Musketeers' motto |
| PORTHOS | One of The Musketeers, played by Howard Charles (7) |
| REA | Stephen of "The Musketeer" |
| MITFORD | Author of novels including Highland Fling, Wigs on the Green, Pigeon Pie, The Pursuit of Love and Love in a Cold Climate who was the eldest of the 2nd Baron Redesdale's seven children (7) |
| ROY | Comic actor whose roles included Planchet in 1989 action film The Return of the Musketeers (3,7) |
| BUS | Comic actor whose roles included Planchet in 1989 action film The Return of the Musketeers (3,7) |
| KINNEAR | Comic actor whose roles included Planchet in 1989 action film The Return of the Musketeers (3,7) |
| WASHINGTONFORALL | Part of the Musketeers' cry |
| RICHELIEU | Cardinal who was a foe of the Musketeers |
| ONEFORALL | Part of the Musketeers' credo |
| TRIO | The Musketeers or The Powerpuff Girls e.g. |
| GONERIL | Eldest of the three daughters of Shakespeare's King Lear, married to the Duke of Albany (7) |
| THREE | Despite there being four in the story (eventually), Alexandre Dumas' novel was called The ... Musketeers |
| SPEER | Hugo, English actor whose credits include The Full Monty and TV's The Musketeers and Father Brown (5) |
| BURKE | Tom ___, star of TV series Strike and The Musketeers (5) |
| HUGO | _ Speer, appeared in TV's The Musketeers (4) |
| PORAJ | Actor in The Musketeers and Miranda, Bo ----- (5) |
| MAIA | Eldest of the Pleiades and the mother of Hermes |
