| ALEXRODRIGUEZ | Former Yankees slugger who, in his 2012 children's book, is a young baseballer learning the value of |
| DONMATTINGLY | Former Yankees slugger who hit a record six grand slam home runs in the 1987 season: 2 wds. |
| DENNISRODMAN | Former Bulls power forward who, in his 2015 children's book, is a literal "wild bull" learning it's |
| TERRELLOWENS | Former Seahawks wide receiver who, in his 2006 children's book, is "Little T" learning to share his |
| OBADIAH | A minor prophet of the Old Testament whose book is a warning to the people of Edom (7) |
| ARTHUR | Forename of a novelist who, in his 1887 work of fiction A Study in Scarlet, created the crime-solving duo Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson (6) |
| LALANDE | Surname of the French astronomer who, in his Histoire Celeste, catalogued the positions of about 50,000 stars (7) |
| HEIDI | First published in German in 1880, which children's book is one of the best selling ever? (5) |
| MOZART | Salzburg-born musician who, in his 35 years of life, composed some 600 works including The Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovanni and The Magic Flute (6) |
| LAYAMON | Poet who, in his work Brut, was the first to present the legends of King Arthur (7) |
| MONTYHALL | Game show legend who, in his late 80s, returned to host "Let's Make a Deal" for a week in 2010 |
| AROD | Former Yankees slugger, familiarly |
| TEIXEIRA | Former Yankees slugger Mark |
| TINO | Former Yankees slugger Martinez |
| MARKMCGWIRE | A's/Cardinals slugger who hit the most home runs in the 1990s (405): 2 wds. |
| BYROM | Poet who, in his satire of 1725, applied the names "Tweedledum and Tweedledee" to the two rival composers Handel and Bononcini (5) |
| SAVEA | Julian ....., winger who scored a hat-trick of me: on his 2012 All Blacks debut (5) |
| NIALLHORAN | One Direction singer who's in his second season as a coach on The Voice: 2 wds. |
| AARON | Yankees slugger Judge who was the 2017 AL Rookie of the Year |
| LEDGE | The account book is a little too big for the shelf (5) |
