| CODY | Surname of the American folk hero known as Buffalo Bill (4) |
| DAVY | American folk hero known as the "king of the wild frontier," ___ Crockett(4) |
| DAVYCROCKETT | American folk hero known as the 'King of the Wild Frontier' (4,8) |
| IRENE | Lead Belly received a Grammy Award for his version of the American folk song, Goodnight ... |
| CHOIR | "All God's creatures have a place in the ..." (American folk song) |
| WILLIAMTELL | Swiss folk hero known for his skill with the crossbow (7,4) |
| COEN | Surname of the American film-makers Joel and Ethan (4) |
| ROBROY | Novel by Walter Scott based on the life of the outlaw and later hero known as the Scottish Robin Hood (3,3) |
| DOCSAVAGE | Fictional hero known as the Man of Bronze |
| EDISON | Surname of the American inventor of the phonograph, the incandescent electric lamp, etc. (6) |
| DRAKE | Sir Francis ---, Elizabethan hero known as El Draque to the Spaniards (5) |
| BATMAN | Comic book hero known as "The Caped Crusader" |
| ROBIN | Comic book hero known as "The Boy Wonder" |
| SHOWMANSHIP | Mishap shown as Buffalo Bill quality (11) |
| HERACLES | Greek name of the hero known to the Romans as Hercules (8) |
| DAVIDORTIZ | Red Sox hero known as "Big Papi" |
| BOWIE | James ___, an American folk hero, frontiersman who died in the battle of the Alamo (1836) (5) |
| CROCKETT | American folk hero who represented Tennessee in the U.S. House of Representatives, Davy _ (8) |
| ALCOTT | Surname of the American writer of Little Women (6) |
| KELLY | Surname of the American film star who married Prince Rainier of Monaco in 1956 (5) |
