| TAFT | President who later became Chief Justice |
| ROBANDREW | England rugby union player who later became chief executive of Sussex County Cricket Club (3,6) |
| NIXON | Eisenhower's vice president who later became president |
| MICHELLE | ___ LaVaughn Robinson: US lawyer who married a colleague who later became President (8) |
| MONROE | Louisiana Purchase negotiator who later became president |
| MONCK | Originally Cromwell's commander-in-chief in Scotland, the Devon-born soldier who later became a key figure in negotiating the restoration of the monarchy to Charles II in 1660 (5) |
| IKE | Nickname given to an American WWII general who later became president (3) |
| ELWAY | Broncos quarterback John who later became general manager |
| MANNY | Boxer Pacquiao who later became a Philippine senator |
| RYUN | Olympic runner Jim who later became a congressman |
| ROBIN | Superhero who later became Nightwing |
| LANCEBASS | 'N Sync member who later became a gay rights activist |
| SHIRLEYTEMPLE | Hollywood child star of the 1930s, who later became a US Ambassador (7,6) |
| SAULOFTARSUS | One who later became a saint suffering four assaults (4,2,6) |
| IRENEDUNNE | Golden Age of Hollywood actress who later became an alternate U.N. delegate |
| WHITTINGTON | Dick, three-time Lord Mayor of London who later became a popular pantomime figure with his cat (11) |
| DUCHAMP | Marcel, French Dada artist and sculptor who later became a chess journalist (7) |
| GLENN | John, the first U.S. astronaut to orbit the earth who later became a senator (5) |
| STEWART | Original pianist of the band Ian who later became the band's tour manager |
| HAROLD | ____ Macmillan, British prime minister who later became Earl of Stockton (6) |
