| THEBOXER | Simon & Garfunkel song with the lyric "He carries the reminders of every glove that laid him down" |
| THYME | Herb mentioned in that Simon & Garfunkel song with all those other herbs |
| MEMENTOES | The reminders to myself, stone me, worked! (9) |
| AHA | Band whose song "Train of Thought" starts with the lyric "He likes to have the morning paper crossword solved" |
| WILLPOWER | "My Man On ___" (Sabrina Carpenter song with the lyric "He fell in love with self-restraint") |
| LEVON | Elton John hit with the lyric "He was born a pauper to a pawn on a Christmas day" |
| BOI | "Sk8er ___" (Avril Lavigne song with the lyrics "He was a punk, she did ballet / What more can I say?") |
| MRBOJANGLES | 1971 hit with the lyric "He danced for those at minstrel shows" |
| STANDARDBEARER | He carries the flag with rank of colonial servant (8,6) |
| ATLAS | He carries the weight of the world on his shoulders |
| AESOPSFABLES | Collection of stories with morals, including The Goose That Laid the Golden Eggs |
| SPAR | Box in training using special gloves that are worn to minimize the power of the punches (4) |
| ANDERSON | "As long as you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down, so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might." On January 7, 1955, she became the first African Americ |
| PORTER | He carries the beer |
| MACER | Scotsman has hesitation. In short, he carries the rod (5) |
| MITTEN | Glove that encases the thumb separately from the fingers (6) |
| GREAT | And 4 Ship designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel that laid the transatlantic telegraph cable from 1865 (5,7) |
| MITTENS | Gloves that cover the thumb separately and the other four fingers together (7) |
| MEMENTO | I object, with the guys, to the reminder (7) |
| AESOP | Who told "The Goose That Laid the Golden Eggs" |
