| ELEPHANTMAN | Biopic of the tragic life of Victorian London's sideshow performer John Merrick, The ... (8,3) |
| ELTON | "Candle in the Wind" performer John |
| ATKINS | Emma _, plays Charity, driver of one of the tragic Dales limos (6) |
| ELEPHANT | 1980 film starring John Hurt as Joseph Merrick, The _ Man (8) |
| BRAHMS | German composer of The Tragic Overture in 1880 (6) |
| THEMAGICBOX | 1951 film biopic of the moving picture pioneer William Friese Greene (3,5,3) |
| PIGOTTSMITH | Actor who played Ronald Merrick in 1984 ITV drama series The Jewel in the Crown (3,6-5) |
| LIVINGSTONE | Scottish missionary and explorer, a hero of Victorian Britain (11) |
| GEORGEELIOT | Giant of Victorian lit, born 200 years ago today |
| LAMPLIGHTER | An illuminating character of Victorian times (11) |
| THEELEPHANTMAN | 1980 David Lynch movie starring John Hurt as John Merrick: 3 wds. |
| EDWOOD | Tim Burton's biopic of the B movie director who posthumously won the Golden Turkey for the worst director of all time (2,4) |
| REYNOLDS | First president of the Royal Academy of Arts who co-founded The Club and painted actress Sarah Siddons as the Tragic Muse (8) |
| MIMI | The tragic heroine of the opera La Boheme is also a variety of evergreen azalea (4) |
| ABEAUTIFULMIND | Oscar-winning biopic of the economist John Nash |
| BRIGHTSTAR | 2009 biopic of the poet John Keats (6,4) |
| ISADORA | Which Vanessa Redgrave film was a biopic of the dancer, Miss Duncan? (7) |
| MANONTHEMOON | 1999 film biopic of the comedian Andy Kaufman (3,2,3,4) |
| OATES | "I am just going outside and may be some time," were the last words of Scott's Antarctic companion in the tragic expedition of 1912, Captain ... |
| WARD | Artist known as "Spy" whose many watercolour caricatures of prominent members of Victorian society featured in the pages of the second Vanity Fair (4) |
