| HOUDINI | Harry, escapologist who died in 1926 (7) |
| GAUDI | Antonio, Spanish architect who died in 1926 (5) |
| OAKLEY | Annie, U.S. markswoman who died in 1926 (6) |
| RILKE | Rainer Maria, Prague-born lyric poet who died in 1926 (5) |
| MONET | Claude, French landscape painter who died in 1926 (5) |
| TRESSES | Locks somewhat distress escapologist (7) |
| DAIMLER | German motor company that merged with Benz in 1926 (7) |
| BERGLAS | David, late German-born magician and mentalist born in 1926 (7) |
| TRUMPET | In 1926, Louis Armstrong switched from cornet to what? (7) |
| FELDMAN | Morton ******* US experimental composer ban in 1926 (7) |
| SHEARER | Moira, Scottish ballet dancer and actress born in 1926 (7) |
| KENNETH | ___ Williams, actor and comedian born in 1926 (7) |
| CHANNEL | In 1926 American Gertrude Ederle became the first woman to swim the English ... (in nearly two hours |
| EMERALD | Class of light cruiser for the Royal Navy, first commissioned in 1926 (7) |
| ACKROYD | The Murder Of Roger _ _ _ _ _ _ _, Agatha Christie crime novel published in 1926 (7) |
| KOSSOFF | Leon, British figurative painter born in 1926 noted for his portraits and cityscapes of London (7) |
| PAVLOVA | Dessert of meringue topped with whipped cream and fruit, named in 1926 after a famed Russian ballerina (7) |
| GODFREE | Leslie ___, British tennis player who married Kitty McKane in 1926 and they became the only married couple to win the mixed doubles title at Wimbledon |
| SOMEONE | Song composed by George Gershwin in 1926, _ To Watch Over Me (7) |
| NEEPAWA | Where The Stone Angel novelist Margaret Laurence was born in Manitoba in 1926 |
