| MORTSAHL | Satirist born in 1927 |
| DOROTHY | _____ Parker, U.S. poet and satirist born in 1893 noted for her wisecracks (7) |
| ALEXANDERPOPE | English poet and satirist born in 1688 whose works include The Dunciad (9,4) |
| GREEN | Benny *****, jazz saxophonist born in 1927 (5) |
| MILSTEIN | Cesar *******, Argentine biochemist born in 1927 (8) |
| ROSTROPOVICH | Mstislav ___, cellist and conductor born in 1927 (12) |
| GARCIAMARQUEZ | Gabriel, Colombian novelist born in 1927 noted for his novel One Hundred Years Of Solitude (6,7) |
| ABLEMAN | Paul "****". English playwright and author born in 1927 (7) |
| GRECO | Juliette, French singer and actress born in 1927 (5) |
| SANDYGALL | Late ITN foreign correspondent and News At Ten presenter, born in 1927 (5,4) |
| DANNYLARUE | Entertainer and female impersonator born in 1927 (5,2,3) |
| MODELAS | Cars born in 1927 |
| LOLLOBRIGIDA | Gina ---, Hollywood actress born in Italy in 1927 |
| ISADORADUNCAN | Which American dancer lost her children in a 1913 car crash then died in 1927, strangled by her scarf caught in a car wheel? (7,6) |
| ASTORIA | Former music venue in London's Charing Cross Road that opened as a cinema in 1927 and closed in 2009 |
| ALMARTINO | American singer, born Jasper Cini in 1927, seen as singer Johnny Fontane in The Godfather (2,7) |
| CBS | US network that started in radio in 1927 |
| THELETTER | W Somerset Maugham short story in 1926 collection The Casuarina Tree adapted for the stage in 1927 (3,6) |
| CESSNA | American aircraft company founded in Wichita in 1927 (6) |
| ARVIDA | Quebec town near Saguenay founded in 1927 by American industrialist 'Ar'thur 'Vi'ning 'Da'vis (b.1867 - d.1962) who specialized in aluminum |
