| SUSANLUCCI | Jimmy Kimmel jokingly gave this 0-for-18 actress an Emmy he'd just won at the 1999 ceremony; later that evening, she won one of her own |
| SOOTHING | Relaxing like this - zero missing, initially (8) |
| MARCBOLAN | Lead singer of Tyrannosaurus Rex, later T Rex, who died in a car accident on September 16 1977 |
| CHARLIE | Jacqueline Kennedy gave this Welsh terrier as a gift to her husband, U.S. President John Kennedy, when they moved into the White House. The dog would often swim laps in the pool with the president. |
| HOCKEY | Team ball game won at the 2004 Olympics by Australia in the men's event and Germany in the women's event (6) |
| ITUP | As the excitable Corporal Jones in Dad's Army, each week Clive Dunn gave this advice based on his Boer War experiences: "They don't like ... 'em, sir. The cold steel" (2,2) |
| STEEL | As the excitable Corporal Jones in Dad's Army, each week Clive Dunn gave this advice based on his Boer War experiences, "They don't like it up 'em, sir. The cold ..." |
| STANMUSIAL | President Obama gave this 90-year-old slugger the Medal in 2011, calling him by his nickname "the Man" |
| CULKIN | See 27ac Succession actor who has just won an Emmy and a Golden Globe (6,6) |
| GELEWAMI | Ethiopian runner who won the women's 10.000m at the 1999 World Championships in Seville. setting a new championships record (4,4) |
| GETEWAMI | Ethiopian runner who won the women's 10,000m at the 1999 World Championships in Seville, setting a new Championships Record |
| PARALLEL | -- bars was the men's gymnastics discipline won at the 1976 Olympics by Sawao Kato (8) |
| LOLA | Hit for the band that gave this puzzle its title |
| RIOTER | Fan of the team that just won the Super Bowl, maybe |
| LOREEN | Swedish singer who has just won Eurovision for the second time (6) |
| KIERAN | & 1 Succession actor who has just won an Emmy and a Golden Globe (6,6) |
| PENTATHLON | Discontinued Olympic men's event first won at the 1906 Intercalated Games by Hjalmar Mellander (10) |
| DEBORAH | Harry who sang on the album that gave this puzzle its title |
| SEETHED | Optician using eye-test chart gave this instruction and went up the wall? (7) |
| EMMASTONE | She just won a Golden Globe for "Poor Things" |