| BRIANSEWELL | Former art critic of the Evening Standard whose father was the composer Philip Heseltine, better known as Peter Warlock |
| DIMBLEBY | Question Time host whose father was the BBC's first war correspondent (8) |
| RUSKIN | John - - -, art critic of the Victorian era whose theories influenced the Pre-Raphaelites (6) |
| OSBORNE | George, former Conservative MP for Tatton who was editor of the Evening Standard from 2017-2020 (7) |
| TOMMYMOON | Son of EastEnders" Kat whose biological father was the late Michael (5,4) |
| BAMBI | His father was the Great Prince of the Forest |
| ELECTRA | Strauss was the composer of this electrical musical work (7) |
| FRENCH | Of which nationality was the composer, Bizet (6) |
| POLISH | What nationality was the composer Chopin? (6) |
| MCELVOY | Anne ___, journalist for The Economist and the Evening Standard married to Sunday Times editor Martin Ivens |
| WESTLAND | Helicopter company at the centre of the 1985 argument between Michael Heseltine and Margaret Thatcher (8) |
| TRIPOLI | In January 1935 the Italian colonies of Cyrenaica, ... and Fezzan were merged to form the nation kno |
| NIELSEN | Born the seventh of 12 children, a Danish composer noted for six symphonies including his fourth kno |
| ESSAY | Try the Evening Standard, for instance (5) |
| BACON | Philosopher and author of Novum Organum whose father was keeper of the great seal for Elizabeth I (5) |
| KENNETHTYNAN | Influential theatre critic of the Observer and the New Yorker who partly wrote Oh! Calcutta! |
| TUTIN | Dorothy ____ won her first Evening Standard best actress award for playing Viola in the 1960 RSC production of Twelfth Night |
| COLONELBLIMP | Cartoon character David Low first drew for the London Evening Standard in the 1930s |
| EASING | When I visited Newdowns Head, the sea was really rough, but by the end of the evening it was becoming less severe (6) |
| DUSKY | The colour of the evening sky on the fourth of July? (5) |
