| BEARDSLEY | Aubrey ---, 19th Century illustrator and author; a leading figure in the Aesthetic movement (9) |
| PAUL | American singer and activist and a leading figure in the Harlem Renaissance (4,7) |
| ROBESON | American singer and activist and a leading figure in the Harlem Renaissance (4,7) |
| KEROUAC | Jack, U.S. novelist and poet who was a leading figure in the Beat Generation (7) |
| RALEIGH | English statesman and explorer, 1552-1618, a leading figure in the colonisation of North America (7) |
| DAVINCI | Italian polymath, painter, engineer, scientist, sculptor and architect, 1452-1519, a leading figure in the High Renaissance (8,2,5) |
| LEONARDO | Italian polymath, painter, engineer, scientist, sculptor and architect, 1452-1519, a leading figure in the High Renaissance (8,2,5) |
| CAGE | John ___ (1912 - 92),US composer who was a leading figure in the post-war avantgarde (4) |
| BRUTUS | Marcus Junius ___ (85-42 BC), a leading figure in the plot to murder Julius Caesar |
| BRIGGS | Best-selling illustrator and author whose works include When the Wind Blows and Ethel and Ernest (6) |
| ATTWOOD | Thomas, 19th-century economist and leading figure in the campaign for the Reform Bill of 1832 (7) |
| MORRIS | Textiles/wallpaper designer and leading figure in the Arts and Crafts Movement who said: "Have nothi |
| GREENERYYALLERY | Of the style of the 19th-century Aesthetic Movement (8-7) |
| HENRYTHEEIGHTH | A leading figure in half a dozen unions? |
| ROBESPIERRE | King honours Curie, perhaps, a leading figure in French history |
| EMMELINE | _____ Pankhurst, leading figure in the suffragette movement born in 1858 (8) |
| WILLIAMMORRIS | Victorian polymath, husband of Jane Burden and leading figure in the 17 movement (7,6) |
| KURT | ____ Cobain, leading figure in the grunge movement, born in 1967 (4) |
| BLAKE | Quentin ?, illustrator and author whose books include 1999's Fantastic Daisy Artichoke |
| OXENBURY | Helen, illustrator and writer of children's picture books born in 1938 (8) |
