| PEARY | Robert ?, US Arctic explorer who died in 1920 (5) |
| ROBERTPEARY | US Arctic explorer who died in 1920 (6,5) |
| DODGE | John Francis -, US automobile manufacturing pioneer who died in 1920 (5) |
| EDWIN | And 30 Robert ___, US arctic explorer credited as the first person to reach the North Pole, on 6 April 1909 (5,5) |
| CRUMB | Robert ?, US cartoonist whose creations include Fritz the Cat and Mr. Natural (5) |
| FROST | Robert ?, US poet whose volumes include 1923's New Hampshire (5) |
| GATES | Robert ---, US secretary of defence under presidents of both main parties |
| NANSEN | Fridtjof ___, Norwegian arctic explorer who died in 1930 (6) |
| FABERGE | Peter Carl, Russian goldsmith and jeweller who died in 1920 (7) |
| ZORN | Anders, Swedish painter and etcher who died in 1920 (4) |
| CULP | Robert ?, US actor who played Kelly Robinson in 1960s US television series I Spy |
| MOOG | Robert ?, US engineer who died in 2005 after whom a type of musical synthesizer is named (4) |
| ROSS | Arctic explorer who located the north magnetic pole in his 1831 expedition (4) |
| BERG | Arctic explorer who's lost in ice formation (4) |
| WALRUS | Right statute upset US Arctic dweller |
| INDIANA | Robert ?, US artist whose works include 1978 lithograph South Bend (7) |
| MCNAMARA | Robert ?, US Secretary of Defense from 1961-68 |
| DOLE | Robert, US Republican senator who sought nomination for the presidency in 1980 and 1988 (4) |
| DENIRO | Robert -- --, US film actor in 'Taxi Driver' (2,4) |
| LOWELL | Robert, US poet who authored the verse play The Old Glory (6) |