| NIKCOHN | Influential British rock journalist whose books include Awopbopaloobop Alopbamboom (3,4) |
| COHN | Nik -, rock music journalist whose books include Need and King Death (4) |
| EMERALD | Rock journalist embraces me, right in front of almost everyone! (7) |
| MCQUEEN | Alexander ___, influential British fashion designer, 1969-2010 (7) |
| MCVICAR | John -, journalist whose 1980 biopic portrayed his escape from prison (7) |
| TARBELL | Ida ___, US investigative journalist whose The History of the Standard Oil Company (1904) hastened the breaking up of that company's monopoly (7) |
| REED | John ___, US journalist whose book Ten Days that Shook the World concerned the 1917 October Revoluti |
| JOHN | And 10 US journalist whose book Ten Days that Shook the World concerned the 1917 October Revolution in Russia (4,4) |
| JOHNREED | US journalist whose book Ten Days that Shook the World concerned the 1917 October Revolution in Russia |
| TONYPARSONS | Originally a punk rock journalist for NME, author of Man and Boy |
| ALMOST | Film about a rock journalist, ___ Famous |
| KEYNES | Influential British economist who advocated interventionist government policy (4,7,6) |
| JOHNMAYNARD | Influential British economist who advocated interventionist government policy (4,7,6) |
| JEKYLL | Influential British gardener who died on December 8, 1932 (6) |
| THEBEATLES | Influential British band of the 1960s (3,7) |
| LESTER | Rock journalist Bangs |
| EAGLE | Influential British children's comic published from 1950 to 1969 and again from 1982 to 1994 (5) |
| ENO | Influential British musician, Brian ... (3) |
| HEMINGWAY | Ernest ---, American writer and journalist whose works include the 1940 novel For Whom The Bell Tolls (9) |
| CAITLINMORAN | Journalist whose career started with Melody Maker, and whose Twitter feed was included in a 2014 A-level English syllabus |