| ALIG | Prank interviewer who referred to Buzz Aldrin as "Buzz Lightyear" |
| NIN | Writer who referred to her simultaneous marriages as a "bicoastal trapeze" |
| DURANTE | Jimmy _, 20th-century American entertainer who referred to his nose as "the schnozzola" (7) |
| TOLKIEN | Author who referred to his works as a "legendarium" |
| ARP | Alsatian artist who referred to himself as "Hans" when he spoke German |
| JIMMORRISON | Rock singer who referred to himself as "Mr. Mojo Risin'," an anagram of his name: 2 wds. |
| WCHANDY | American composer and musician who referred to himself as the 'Father of the Blues' (1,1,5) |
| ASTRONAUTS | Spacemen such as 'Buzz' Aldrin and Neil Armstrong (10) |
| MOONWALKER | Backslider such as Buzz Aldrin? (10) |
| EDWIN | Buzz Aldrin legally changed his first name to Buzz from what in 1988? (5) |
| ALDRIN | Edwin Eugene ___, known as Buzz, US astronaut who was the second man to set foot on the moon |
| RUBY | Actress and comic interviewer who starred in Girls On Top, _ Wax (4) |
| MICHAELPARKINSON | Interviewer who wrote a series of children's books about The Woofits |
| DAVID | Interviewer who began in satire on That Was The Week That Was, Sir ... Frost |
| ONOMATOPOESIS | The use of words such as buzz, cuckoo and hiss |
| ONOMATOPOEIA | Poetic device shown by words such as buzz, moo or miaow (12) |
| BEGONE | Appeal to a person to buzz off (6) |
| SHOO | Exclamation similar to "buzz off!" that anagrams to "oh so" |
| BRYANCRANSTON | Breaking Bad actor who played real-life astronaut Buzz Aldrin in the 1998 HBO miniseries From the Earth to the Moon: 2 wds. |
| DRYER | Bee free: Since bees love the scent of your cosmetics (like perfume, antiperspirant and hair products), place a few ___ sheets near your blanket to get them to buzz off |