| AGRICOLA | Gnaeus Julius _, Roman general and governor of Britannia, subject of a biography by Tacitus (8) |
| HOMETOWN | Setting for the early chapters of a biography |
| THRALE | Also known as Mrs Piozzi, diarist whose books about her house guest of many years, Samuel Johnson, directly rivalled a biography by James Boswell (6) |
| BORN | Word near the start of a biography |
| OLIPHANT | Who was an Australian physicist, and governor of SA, Sir Mark ... (8) |
| LIFEBOAT | Biography by snaky type on time saving others overseas (8) |
| THEEXILE | 1936 volume of biography by Pearl S Buck (3,5) |
| LIFEPEER | Biography by spy from parliamentary body (4,4) |
| CAESAR | Gaius Julius _, Roman general and statesman (6) |
| LEWWALLACE | American lawyer, Union general and governor of New Mexico Territory best known for his historical adventure story Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ |
| CRASSUS | Marcus Licinius ___, Roman general and statesman who formed the First Triumvirate with Caesar and Pompey c. 60 BC (7) |
| ANNALS | One of the major histories of the Roman Empire written by Tacitus (6) |
| AGRIPPA | Marcus Vipsanius ___, Roman general and son-in-law of Augustus (7) |
| ANTONY | Mark _; Roman general and triumvir (6) |
| FLUSH | Elizabeth Barrett Browning's spaniel; subject of a 1933 biography by Virginia Woolf (5) |
| RIEL | Louis who is the subject of a comic-book biography by Chester Brown |
| JOBS | The late Steve who was the subject of a 2011 biography by Walter Isaacson |
| OWEN | First name of 'Britannia' No. 70010, and surname of Class 60 No. 60047 (4) |
| SAMHOUSTON | General and governor representing Texas in the Capitol's National Statuary Hall: 2 wds. |
| BENGURION | Subject of a 2011 biography by Shimon Peres |
