| BETJEMAN | Sir John ___, late Poet Laureate (8) |
| TED | Britain's late poet laureate, ... Hughes |
| VANBRUGH | Sir John _, English architect and dramatist who designed Blenheim Palace (8) |
| FALSTAFF | Sir John ___: Shakespearean character who is a companion to Prince Hal in the Henry IV plays (8) |
| CRIBBAGE | Card game invented by the English poet Sir John Suckling in the early 1600s (8) |
| NICHOLAS | Forename of Sir Christopher Wren or Sir John Vanbrugh's collaborator known as the "devil's architect" for his use of satanic or pagan symbols (8) |
| THOMPSON | 4th Prime Minister of Canada, from 1892 to 1894: Sir John ___ (b.1845 d.1894) |
| FRANKLIN | 1845: British naval officer who led a fateful expedition to the Northwest Passage, Sir John ___ (b.1786 - d.1847) |
| THEMERRY | Shakespeare comedy featuring Sir John Falstaff, _ _ _ Windsor (3,5,5) |
| GIELGUD | Sir John ___, Shakespearean actor (7) |
| TAVENER | Sir John __, composer of The Protecting Veil (1988) (7) |
| MAJOR | One-time British Prime Minister, Sir John _ (5) |
| BARBIROLLI | Sir John ___, eminent Halle Orchestra conductor (10) |
| HURT | Sir John ___ 1940-2017, English actor awarded CBE in 2004 (4) |
| EVERETT | Sir John _ Millais. artist whose pictures include Bubbles (7) |
| STAINER | Sir John ___, English composer (7) |
| ABBOTT | Sir John ______ |
| ANGELOU | Late poet Maya |
| MAYA | Late poet Angelou who was honored on a 2015 postage stamp |
| LENNON | John ___, late Beatle (6) |
