| SAHL | Mort, comedian whose 1976 autobiography was entitled Heartland (4) |
| ALEX | ____ Ferguson, former football boss whose first autobiography was titled Managing My Life (4) |
| HERR | What Hitler was entitled to be called (4) |
| EARL | A name Mr Hines was entitled to (4) |
| OBREE | Graeme ___, cyclist whose 2003 autobiography was entitled Flying Scotsman (5) |
| HESELTINE | Michael, politician whose autobiography was entitled Life In The Jungle (9) |
| TEMPLE | Shirley ___, actress whose 1988 autobiography was entitled Child Star (6) |
| MAYA | American author and poet whose first autobiography was I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings (4,7) |
| LARDNER | Ring, US writer whose autobiography was entitled The Story of a Wonder Man (7) |
| NIVEN | Which actor David's autobiography was entitled The Moon's a Balloon? (5) |
| OTTO | Mort Walker's palindromic dog |
| TRES | "Une Mort ___ Douce" (Simone de Beauvoir memoir) |
| TETE | ___ de mort (skull and crossbones) |
| TRIO | Maurice, Mort and Clover in Madagascar, e.g. |
| ORR | Phil ?, rugby union prop whose 1976 Ireland Test debut was against France (3) |
| ABA | League whose 1976 Slam Dunk Contest was won by Julius Erving: Abbr. |
| ELO | Band whose 1976 song "Livin' Thing" was used in "Boogie Nights" |
| EDITHPIAF | Whose greatest hit was entitled "La vie en rose"? (5,4) |
| ELTONJOHN | British singer whose 1969 debut album was entitled Empty Sky (5,4) |
| CYNDILAUPER | Popular vocalist whose first solo album was entitled "She's So Unusual" |