| DEVALOIS | Edris Stannus, the co-founder of the Royal Ballet, took which French royal surname? (2,6) |
| CAPET | French royal surname |
| NINETTE | Ms. de Valois, British ballet dancer born Edris Stannus (7) |
| WINDSOR | Royal surname (7) |
| LAMBERT | Founder Music Director of the Royal Ballet who was a reciter in the Sitwell-Walton Facade collaboration (7) |
| JOHNOFGAUNT | Founder of the royal House of Lancaster who was the son of Edward III and father of Henry IV (4,2,5) |
| WEDGWOOD | Potter, abolitionist and inventor of the jasperware with which he replicated the Portland Vase whose son John was a founder of the Royal Horticultural Society (8) |
| JOBS | Surname of the co-founder of Apple Inc alongside Steve Wozniak (4) |
| ASHTON | Founding choreographer of the Royal Ballet whose corpus includes A Tragedy of Fashion, La fille mal gardee, Facade and A Month in the Country (6) |
| DOWELL | British ballet dancer and former Director of the Royal Ballet, Anthony |
| GRADE | Degree of importance allocated to a listed building; a music exam; or, the co-founder of Associated |
| DERAIN | Andre ___ (1880 - 1934), French painter, the co-founder of Fauvism with Henri Matisse (6) |
| LINACRE | Oxford University college named after the founder of the Royal College of Physicians |
| HILL | Social reformer who was one of the co-founders of the National Trust (4) |
| FREDERICKASHTON | British choreographer born in 1904 who became director of the Royal Ballet (9,6) |
| FONTEYN | Dame Margaret Evelyn de Arias, prima ballerina assoluta of the Royal Ballet (7) |
| SOCIALNETWORK | The ___ 2010 biographical drama film starring Jesse Eisenberg and written by Aaron Sorkin based on the co-founder of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg: 2 wds. |
| PICASSO | Artist who, with Georges Braques, was the co-founder of Cubism |
| PABLOPICASSO | Spanish artist, the co-founder of Cubism, whose works included Guernica (5,7) |
| JACK | ___ Ma Chinese business magnate who is the co-founder of Alibaba group |