| THEROCK | Informal name for Gibraltar; the ring name of wrestler Dwayne Johnson; or, a pageant play by T. S. E |
| WORDS | Listed in a dictionary by Samuel Johnson or a thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget for example, units of language studied in lexicology (5) |
| KANE | Ring name of wrestler turned politician Glenn Thomas Jacobs who began his wrestling career in 1992 |
| ROCK | The ____, informal name for Gibraltar (4) |
| ALLYSINKAY | Wrestler with the ring name Sienna |
| ATLANTIS | A legendary island in the Atlantic Ocean, lying west of the Strait of Gibraltar. The principal sources for the legend are two of Plato's dialogues, Timaeus and Critias. (9) |
| ROBBINS | Wrestler who was known by the ring names "Canadian Giant" and "Paul Bunyan" |
| COMBS | Unlikely gifts for Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson or Jason Statham? (5) |
| BALD | Like Dwayne Johnson or Ben Kingsley |
| ELIGIBLE | The Spanish isle and Gibraltar the French appropriate |
| MCINTYRE | Drew ___ , ring name of the Scottish professional wrestler who won his second WWE title in 2020 (8) |
| COCKTAILPARTY | 'The ---', 1949 play by T.S. Eliot (8,5) |
| HULKHOGAN | Ring name of US wrestler and actor Terry Gene Bollea, born in 1953 (4,5) |
| THEUNDERTAKER | Ring name of American professional wrestler Mark William Calaway who began his wrestling career in 1987: 2 wds. |
| BIG | ___ Show ring name of American professional wrestler Paul Donald Wight II who began his wrestling career in 1994 |
| REY | ___ Mysterio ring name of American professional wrestler Oscar Gutierrez who began his wrestling career in 1989 |
| MURDERINTHECATHEDRAL | Play by T. S. Eliot |
| THECOCKTAILPARTY | 1949 stage play by T S Eliot |
| THECOCKTAIL | & 19D 1949 stage play by T S Eliot (3,8,5) |
| PARTY | 1949 play by T.S. Eliot (3,8,5) |
