| SYMS | Sylvia ___, whom Sinatra once called the "world's greatest saloon singer" |
| RAWLS | Whom Sinatra called the 'classiest' singer |
| AVA | Mrs. Sinatra, once |
| JOLSON | U.S. singer nicknamed the World's Greatest Entertainer, Al ___ |
| METAL | One of the world's greatest conductors? |
| LEONARDO | Inventor considered to be one of the world's greatest painters, ... da Vinci |
| BATSIGNAL | Device used to summon the World's Greatest Detective |
| LUXOR | Egyptian city described as 'the world's greatest open-air museum' (5) |
| MEE | Arthur ___ The World's Greatest Books writer |
| BLUEWHALE | The world's greatest swimmer (4,5) |
| MUGS | Keepsakes for some of the world's greatest dads? |
| CRUFTS | The world's greatest dog show (6) |
| STAGE | How one might get to the town of Bottleneck and perform as Frenchy, the saloon singer (4,3,5) |
| TAKETHE | How one might get to the town of Bottleneck and perform as Frenchy, the saloon singer (4,3,5) |
| TITICACA | Lake called the world's highest navigable, in the Andes on the border between Bolivia and Peru (8) |
| MURASAKISHIKIBU | Author of "The Tale of Genji," often called the world's first novel |
| WHALE | The world's greatest swimmer |
| HYPE | "The world's greatest ...," e.g. |
| REESE | Chip ___, whom many consider the greatest cash game poker player of all time |
| EUROPA | Which Belfast hotel has been called the "world's most bombed hotel"? (6) |
