| GAMBRINUS | Legendary Flemish king who is said to have invented beer (9) |
| HEROD | The biblical king who is said to have ordered the execution of all baby boys (5) |
| ORVILLE | Name one of the Wright brothers who are said to have invented the aeroplane (7) |
| CLEOPATRA | Famed queen of Ancient Egypt who is said to have died from a snakebite (9) |
| RACKETEER | Criminal who is said to know his way around the courts? (9) |
| MORGANLEFAY | Legendary enchantress who is said to have been King Arthur's half-sister (6,2,3) |
| SANDWICH | Snack enclosed between two slices of bread, named for John Montagu, the earl who is popularly supposed to have invented it |
| ZSAZSAGABOR | Actress who is said to have said: "I am a marvellous housekeeper. Every time I leave a man I keep hi |
| AESOP | Slave-born Greek fable writer who is said to have lived from around 620 to 560 BCE |
| GENTIAN | What plant with violet trumpet-shaped flowers was named after a king of Illyria, who is said to have discovered its medicinal properties? (7) |
| DR | Abbr. before Seuss, who is said to have confusingly mused, "How did it get so late so soon? It's night before it's afternoon. December is here before it's June. My goodness how the time has flewn." It |
| STARR | Outlaw Belle who is said to have harbored Jesse James |
| ROMULUS | Son of Mars who is said to have killed his twin brother (7) |
| LONER | One who is said to advance money to an individualist |
| HOOCH | Who is said to go to church for a drink? |
| BIZET | Who is said to have created the word "toreador" (5) |
| PETER | Saint who is said to keep the keys to the Pearly Gates (5) |
| UNTRUE | Is the husband who is said to be faithless a liar? (6) |
| ROSS | Betsy who is said to have created the first US flag |
| NERO | Who Is said to have "fiddled while Rome burnt" (4) |
