| DRSEUSS | One of his |
| ONO | One of Sean Lennon's middle names in honor of one of his parents |
| STARDUST | Ziggy -; alter ego of late singersongwriter David Bowie and the title of one of his songs (8) |
| LENO | Jay -, US comedian injured after one of his 200+ cars burst into flames in the garage of his Los Angeles home in November (4) |
| SIMON | One of the Twelve Apostles, chosen by Jesus as one of his first disciples (5) |
| DICKENS | Surname of the author of'The Signalman', one of his 'Mugby Junction' stories (7) |
| SHAKA | Zulu chief, founder of Zulu empire, murdered by his half-brothers and one of his military leaders in 1828 (5) |
| STEPHEN | 'It' was one of his favourites, written up for sort of party piece (7,4) |
| YELTSIN | Statesman originally a supporter of Gorbachev but later one of his most powerful political opponents |
| AESOP | One of his stories is the source of the 'sour grapes' idiom |
| VENIVIDIVICI | Caesar's description of one of his victories |
| PRINTERSMARK | Part of Caxton's Bible? One of his gospels, seemingly |
| SPYMASTER | See one of his kind, a mostly unyielding sort of boss |
| ZEUXIS | Greek painter has one of his characters seized by father of twenty three |
| BROKE | Bust of poet who gave up one of his loves |
| CATER | Provide food, depriving transporter of one of his rights |
| BRADPITT | Actor whose attendance at a pre-Oscar party was one of his first public appearances since his 2016 split with Angelina Jolie: 2 wds. |
| ANAGRAM | This one is one of his, note (7) |
| UCCELLO | Artist who painted The Hunt in the Forest, one of his last major perspective pieces before his death in 1475 (7) |
| DENNISRODMAN | Of course he's a Taurus, like one of his teams (May 13, 1961) |
