| LASALLE | Robert Cavelier, sieur de ... ..., explorer who claimed the region later known as Louisiana, US for |
| LEON | Ponce de -; explorer who searched for the fabled "Fountain of Youth" but discovered Florida and the Gulf Stream (4) |
| SALLE | Sieur Robert Cavelier De La ___ (17th century explorer) |
| LASALLEB | Explorer born Rene-Robert Cavelier |
| EDOMITES | Descendants of the biblical Esau who lived south of the Dead Sea around the 13th century BC; later known as the Idumaeans (8) |
| CAP | Hall-of-Famer Anson who played for the Chicago White Stockings/Colts, later known as the Cubs |
| CULPEPER | English apothecary and botanist who wrote The English Physitian (later known as the Complete Herbal) (8) |
| GHOST | The Rolls-royce 40/50 car was built from 1906 to 1925, later known as the Silver ----- (5) |
| GUYGIBSON | RAF wing commander who led Operation Chastise, later known as the Dam Busters, raid in 1943 |
| ESCAPE | 1980 Rupert Holmes US number one single later known as "The Pina Colada Song" (6) |
| GUY | RAF wing commander who led Operation Chastise, later known as the Dam Busters, raid in 1943 (3,6) |
| GIBSON | RAF wing commander who led Operation Chastise, later known as the Dam Busters, raid in 1943 (3,6) |
| LAVERENDRYE | Explorer/fur trader from Trois-Rivieres: Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, Sieur de ___ ___ (b.1685 d.174 |
| ROCQUE | Jean-Francois de la ___, Sieur de Roberval (The first lieutenant General of New France, from 1541 to 1543) |
| THERESAMAY | Politician who claimed the naughtiest thing she'd done was to run through fields of wheat as a child |
| JANE | Noblewoman who claimed the throne of England and Ireland for nine days in 1553, Lady _ Grey (4) |
| GREY | Lady Jane _, Englishwoman who claimed the throne of England and Ireland for nine days in 1553 (4) |
| MOSHE | Later known as Israel's defence minister, Captain ... Dayan was injured in the eye when a bullet fir |
| COPERNICUS | Astronomer who claimed the Earth orbited the Sun |
| ROGER | 1980s Honda Britain stalwart who claimed the first ever pole positions in World Superbike. (5,7) |
