| CECIL | Director of The Ten Commandments (1956), he was known as one of the founding fathers of American cinema (first name only) (5) |
| DEMILLE | 'The Ten Commandments' (1956) director |
| FRANKLIN | Benjamin ---, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, who helped draw up the Declaration of Independence (8) |
| RODIN | Celebrated at a current exhibition at the Grand Palais marking the centenary of his death, the founding father of modern sculpture whose works include The Burghers of Calais and The Thinker (5) |
| STERLING | ___ Morrison guitarist best known as one of the founding members of The Velvet Underground |
| MONROE | Actress born Norma Jeane Mortenson; or, the fifth US president, one of the founding fathers (6) |
| HAMILTON | Lin-Manuel Miranda musical in which a non-white cast play the Founding Fathers of the United States |
| ELLINGTON | Duke ---, American composer, pianist and bandleader known as one of the most influential figures in jazz music (9) |
| CASANOVA | Best known as one of the world's most famous lovers, he also dabbled in espionage |
| REITH | Who was the founding father of the BBC? (5) |
| ASHIYA | City which is the capital of one of the founding cantons of Switzerland (6) |
| SHARP | The founding father of England's folk-song revival in the early 20th century (5,5) |
| PAINE | One of the Founding Fathers |
| PAYTON | One of the NFL's greatest running backs, he was known as "Sweetness" |
| NGAIOMARSH | NZ writer known as one of the "Queens of Crime", Dame ... (5,5) |
| MARSH | Ngaio _; New Zealand writer known as one of the queens of crime (5) |
| NGAIO | Along with Agatha Christie, Dorothy L Sayers and Margery Allingham, which New Zealander is known as one of the original "Queens of Crime"? (5,5) |
| CONSTANTINE | He was known as the first emperor to legitimize Christianity's status as a religion in Rome. |
| GOTTLIEB | Adolph, New York-born painter best known as one of the original Abstract Expressionists (8) |
| KRUPA | Gene who's considered "the founding father of the modern drum set" |
