| ISTHISA | (and 1 down and 15 down) Start of a famous speech by the eponymous 'hero' of 3 down (7) |
| CUTTYSARK | Nickname given by the eponymous hero of Robert Burns' 'Tam o' Shanter' (1790) to the dancing witch Nannie (5,4) |
| PANGLOSS | Character who mentors the eponymous hero of 3 down (8) |
| TAMOSHANTER | Eponymous hero of 3 Burns poem (3,8) |
| NEO | Hero of three science fiction movies in 1999 and 2003 |
| MADMAX | Hero of three George Miller movies |
| OFMERCY | Start of a famous speech by Portia in The Merchant of Venice (3,7,2,5) |
| ENGLAND | In 2.1, Richard visits Gaunt at his estate. Gaunt is sick. The Duke of York counsels Gaunt before Richard enters. In a famous speech, he describes "This precious stone set in the silver sea," "This bl |
| THEQUALITY | Start of a famous speech by Portia in The Merchant of Venice (3,7,2,5) |
| TILBURY | Port town in Essex in which Queen Elizabeth I addressed her troops in 1588, giving a famous speech (7) |
| KNUCKLE | ___ down: start the hard work |
| QUEENMAB | In 1.4, Romeo and Mercutio are on their way to the ball. He makes a famous speech where he talks the "fairies' midwife" who "comes in shape no bigger than an agate stone." What is the name of this fai |
| FOUR | Alluded to in a famous speech delivered by Sir Winston Churchill in 1940, a 24th part of a day (4) |
| BANQUO | In 3.1, in a famous speech, Macbeth is obsessed with and paranoid about someone he thinks will kill him and become king. Who is this someone? |
| KRAPP | The eponymous hero of a 1958 play by Samuel Beckett (5) |
| CRISPIAN | In 4.3, during the last battle, King Henry mentions the name of a saint in his famous speech. Who is it? |
| TWINKLE | With 25-Down, start of a nighttime nursery rhyme |
| RESTORATION | A speech by the others for the return of the royal house (11) |
| WOODENBRIDGE | Where did John Redmond give a famous speech in September 1914 exhorting Irish Volunteers to join the British Army? (12) |
| DRWHOANDTHEDALEKS | Film (1965) starring Peter Cushing as the eponymous hero (2,3,3,3,6) |
