| MASSASOIT | Leader of 15-Across, who attended the Pilgrims' celebration |
| THANKSGIVINGDAY | Pilgrims' celebration |
| TRUMAN | With 33-Across, friend of 15-Across who was the basis for Dill in "To Kill a Mockingbird" |
| WOOF | Heard from 15 across who golfs regularly |
| BERTHEMORISOT | 15 Across who influenced Manet (6,7) |
| ADAIR | Red, U.S. fire-fighter who attended the fires in Kuwait at the end of the Gulf War (5) |
| RITAMORENO | Actress who attended the 2018 Oscars in the same dress she wore to the 1962 Oscars, when she won Best Supporting Actress: 2 wds. |
| DANMARINO | Pennsylvania-born Football Hall of Famer who attended the University of Pittsburgh: 2 wds. |
| MIKEDITKA | Pennsylvania-born Football Hall of Famer who attended the University of Pittsburgh: 2 wds. |
| ALISONBRIE | "Hoppers" star who attended the premiere of the movie on Monday in Los Angeles |
| DAWN | Former addict who attended the funeral of her pal Jade in Emmerdale (4,8) |
| FLETCHER | Former addict who attended the funeral of her pal Jade in Emmerdale (4,8) |
| BARBIE | Nickname of Barbara Millicent Roberts, who attended the fictional Willows High School, Wisconsin (6) |
| ROSETREMAIN | Novelist, born 1943, who attended the University of East Anglia and later taught creative writing there |
| MOLOTOV | Vyacheslav, Russian politician who attended the Potsdam conference (7) |
| VESTALVIRGINS | Ones who attended the sacred fires on their altars (6,7) |
| ELLIOTTABRAMS | Foreign-policy guru who attended the Little Red Schoolhouse |
| ROB | Lowe who attended the Breakthrough Prize Awards |
| ALICIAKEYS | Singer/pianist who attended the Breakthrough Prize Awards |
| ELON | Musk who attended the Breakthrough Prize Awards |
