| MYHERO | Yo! Mister! He shot Knut's lion! |
| POETIC | He shot his wife, He's serving life! (6,7) |
| OSWALD | He was 24 when he shot Kennedy |
| ANIMAL | Beast in man - I'm a lion! |
| MEECES | "I hate ___ to pieces!" (Mr. Jinks, re Pixie and Dixie) |
| EMERGE | Gee! Mr E finds a way to make him come out (6) |
| HUDSON | Big brother, 50, staying in Knut's Scottish farmhouses (7,6) |
| HOLMES | see 31ac, Big brother, 50, staying in Knut's Scottish farmhouses |
| EPONYM | Knut's firm refusal upset America, for one |
| CLIENT | 50 Cent's about to welcome Knut as a hanger-on |
| HUNGER | 1890 novel by Knut Hamsun (6) |
| HAMSUN | Knut ?, Norwegian recipient of the 1920 Nobel Prize in Literature |
| SUDOKU | Bit of lather over, on occasion, Knut puzzle |
| SICKLE | A reaping-hook; a long curved tail feather of a cockerel, reminiscent of said tool; or, with the galleon and the knut, a unit of wizarding currency in the Harry Potter universe (6) |
| ALGEIBERGER | He shot a 59 in the 1977 Memphis Classic |
| BECK | He shot a 59 in the 1991 Las Vegas Invitational |
| NOTAHBEGAY | He shot a 59 in the 1998 Nike Dominion Open on the NIKE TOUR |
| DOUGDUNAKEY | He shot a 59 in the 1998 Nike Valley Open on the NIKE TOUR |
| EDINBURGH | Capital bird he shot with gun ... |
| LEAN | He shot actors to get such healthy meat (4) |