| CAPNCRUNCH | Mascot whose first and middle names are Horatio Magellan |
| WRIGHTBAY | Antarctica body of water named after a Canadian physicist and polar explorer (b.1887 - d.1975) whose last name is part of the answer (Hint! His first and middle names are Charles Seymour): 2 wds. |
| MALIA | First-time film director who recently revealed she'll go by only her first and middle names professionally, creating distance from her famous surname |
| ANN | First-time film director who recently revealed she'll go by only her first and middle names professionally, creating distance from her famous surname |
| OBAMA | First-time film director who recently revealed she'll go by only her first and middle names professionally, creating distance from her famous surname |
| ALISONBRIE | Mad Men actress who goes by her first and middle names, which are shorter than her surname Schermerhorn |
| ELLISON | 20th-century novelist who shared first and middle names with poet Emerson |
| LEWISCARROLL | His pen name is the anglicized Latin forms of his first and middle names, transposed |
| JONAHHILL | Moneyball Oscar nominee who goes by his first and middle names; his sister, actress Beanie Feldstein, kept the family name |
| ANGELINAJOLIE | Oscar winner who goes by her first and middle names, having dropped "Voight" over conflict with her famous father |
| TOBYKEITH | This recently deceased country star went by his first and middle names, dropping his surname Covel |
| TONYBLAIR | Former prime minister whose middle names are Charles Lynton |
| BUKAYOSAKA | Arsenal and England footballer who middle names are Ayoyinka Temidayo (6,4) |
| ALBERTSTEPTOE | Wilfrid Brambell's best known TV character, whose middle names are Edward Ladysmith (6,7) |
| REGINAKING | Acting royalty whose first and last names are both royalty-related |
| CAPN | ___ Crunch (cereal mascot whose full name is Horatio Magellan Crunch) |
| JAMESEARL | Given first and middle names of 56-Across |
| POE | Baltimore Ravens mascot whose brothers are Edgar and Allan |
| SHAQUILLEONEAL | 7'1 NBA Hall of Famer and commentator whose first and last names rhyme: 2 wds. |
| JACKBLACK | King Kong and School of Rock actor whose first and last names rhyme: 2 wds. |