| DEVILLE | Poison guitarist C. C. ___ (he named himself after his favorite car) |
| RUMPELSTILTSKIN | Dwarf of German folklore who destroys himself after his name is correctly guessed |
| HALL | Michael C. ___ (he played the title role in "Dexter") |
| RIDER | "C.C. ___" (much-covered blues classic) |
| SUNRA | Avant-garde jazzman who named himself after an Egyptian god (3,2) |
| NIPSEY | ___ Hussle (late rapper who named himself after a comedian) |
| KELMSCOTT | - Manor, summer Cotswold retreat of William Morris and his family, after which he named his press (9) |
| ATKINS | US doctor with the controversial low-carb, high-protein diet he named after himself, Dr Robert ... |
| MERCEDES | Auto exec Emil Jellinek's daughter, whom he named his cars after |
| ENOCH | Son of Cain, after whom he named the first city he founded |
| LEHAR | He composed himself after receiving leads from some moles (5) |
| VLADIMIRNABOKOV | He named a minor character in his most famous work Vivian Darkbloom, an anagram of his name |
| CHESHIRE | Noted for a variety of cheese, the birth county of Charles Dodgson/Lewis Carroll and the place after which he named his grinning cat (8) |
| HERSCHEL | German-born British astronomer whose discovery of what he believed to be a comet, which he named after George III, was later identified as a planet and renamed Uranus (8) |
| AYTHERESTHERUB | Cry from Hamlet when he spotted his favorite spice mix at the cookout? |
| BOWLINGALLEY | Nixon added this to the White House so he could practice his favorite sport |
| ATHENA | After that, he named her goddess of wisdom within (6) |
| WENDY | Nickname of Dave Thomas's fourth kid, whom he named a fast-food chain after |
| CEST | "___ la vie!" (what a pitcher says to himself after giving up a homer?) |
| HALAL | Man beside himself after horse is lawfully killed |
