| STORMYDANIELS | Trump acquaintance who was given $130K hush money |
| DANIELS | Noted Trump acquaintance Stormy |
| THECABLEGUY | 1996 black comedy film featuring Jack Black which is about an acquaintance who turns into a psycho stalker: 3 wds. |
| NODDING | Kind of acquaintance who's agreeable? |
| FRIENDS | & 14 Influential acquaintances who live on the mountains? (7,2,4,6) |
| AGAMEMNON | Who was given Cassandra as a trophy of war and was murdered on his return home from his capture of T |
| DAMOCLES | Courtier who was given an object lesson by Dionysius |
| ISABELLA | Spanish queen who was given the title "the Catholic" |
| SYLVIASYMS | Nightclub singer who was given the nickname "Buddha" by Frank Sinatra |
| THIERRY | In Hollyoaks, Hathaway's baby who was given up for adoption (7) |
| STEWART | He's an awful waster who was given time (7) |
| PETER | Biblical disciple who was given the name Cephas by Jesus (5) |
| ROBYN | Casualty nurse who was given the brush-off by her housemate Lofty (5,6) |
| DIANEKEATON | Comedic actress who was given an AFI Life Achievement Award on June 8: 2 wds. |
| BEATTY | Actor Warren who was given the wrong envelope at this year's Academy Awards |
| CYRUS | Ruler of Persia, 559-530 BCE, who was given the title 'the great' (5) |
| ETHELRED | Regnal name of an English king who was given an epithet meaning "badly advised" |
| BENNETT | Singer Tony who was given a tribute performance at the Grammys by his "Love for Sale" collaborator, Lady Gaga (April, 2022) |
| TUCKERJENKINS | Grange Hill character, played by Todd Carty, who was given his own spin-off series |
| LORENZO | Italian statesman and patron of the Renaissance who was given the title 'the Magnificent (7) |
