| SUNRA | Jazz great who claimed to be from Saturn |
| POODLE | Water dog with a curly coat claimed to be from Germany or France (6) |
| PERKIN | Pretender to the English throne, who claimed to be Richard, Duke of York, supposed to have been murdered in the Tower (6,7) |
| WARBECK | Pretender to the English throne, who claimed to be Richard, Duke of York, supposed to have been murdered in the Tower (6,7) |
| SHABBETHILEVI | Sephardic rabbi from Smyrna who claimed to be the long-awaited Jewish Messiah (1626-1676) |
| SIMNEL | Lambert _, pretender to the throne of England who claimed to be the Earl of Warwick (6) |
| SHERLOCK | Who claimed to be able to recognise about 140 different kinds of tobacco ash? (8,6) |
| HOLMES | Who claimed to be able to recognise about 140 different kinds of tobacco ash? (8,6) |
| LOUISARMSTRONG | Musical legend who claimed to be born on July 4, 1901 |
| DUVALIER | President who claimed to be a voodoo priest |
| AVAMAX | Recording artist who claimed to be Sweet But Psycho (3,3) |
| IDIAMIN | Ugandan dictator who claimed to be the uncrowned king of Scotland (3,4) |
| LAMBERT | --- Simnel, imposter who claimed to be the Earl of Warwick during the reign of Henry VII (7) |
| BEAUBRUMMELL | Dandy who claimed to take five hours to dress, and recommended that boots be polished with champagne |
| JELLYROLLMORTON | Pianist who claimed to have invented jazz |
| POLANEGRI | Polish silent film actress who claimed to have been engaged to Rudolph Valentino at the time of his |
| BYRD | US naval officer who claimed to have been the first to fly over the North Pole |
| DIEGORIVERA | Artist who claimed to have engaged in cannibalism in 1904 |
| URI | Geller who claimed to have mental powers |
| ELLIS | Dock ___, Pirate who claimed to have thrown a no-hitter on LSD |
