| TAVENER | Sir John __, composer of The Protecting Veil (1988) (7) |
| STAINER | Sir John ___, English composer (7) |
| GIELGUD | Sir John ___, Shakespearean actor (7) |
| EVERETT | Sir John _ Millais. artist whose pictures include Bubbles (7) |
| TENNIEL | Alice's Adventures In Wonderland illustrator, Sir John _ (7) |
| BARONET | Title carried by the likes of Sir John Fowler, Sir William McAlpine and Daniel Gooch (7) |
| BUBBLES | 1886 painting by Sir John Everett Millais (7) |
| DULWICH | District in the London borough of Southwark, site of a picture gallery designed by Sir John Soane (7) |
| WINDSOR | The Merry Wives _, Shakespeare comedy featuring Sir John Falstaff (7) |
| SACKBUT | Sir John's draught, but it's rarely blown in the wind (7) |
| MAJOR | One-time British Prime Minister, Sir John _ (5) |
| BARBIROLLI | Sir John ___, eminent Halle Orchestra conductor (10) |
| ABBOTT | Sir John ______ |
| HURT | Sir John ___, The Elephant Man actor (4) |
| TAISHAN | Forename of the British portrait artist Schierenberg, commissioned to paint Sir John Mortimer (3-4) |
| VANBRUGH | Sir John _, English architect and dramatist who designed Blenheim Palace (8) |
| WILLIAMS | John ___, composer; answers to asterisked clues are others (8) |
| TESH | John ___: composer of "Roundball Rock" |
| ADAMS | John ___, composer of the operas A Flowering Tree and Nixon in China (5) |
| CAGE | John ___: composer best known for his "silent piece" 4'33". (4) |
