| JAMESEARL | Given first and middle names of 56-Across |
| CONAN | One of the middle names of the author whose character Sherlock Holmes lives at 221b Baker Street (5) |
| RIHANNA | Stage name (and middle name) of Robyn Fenty |
| WRIGHTBAY | Antarctica body of water named after a Canadian physicist and polar explorer (b.1887 - d.1975) whose last name is part of the answer (Hint! His first and middle names are Charles Seymour): 2 wds. |
| LEWISCARROLL | His pen name is the anglicized Latin forms of his first and middle names, transposed |
| MALIA | First-time film director who recently revealed she'll go by only her first and middle names professionally, creating distance from her famous surname |
| ANN | First-time film director who recently revealed she'll go by only her first and middle names professionally, creating distance from her famous surname |
| OBAMA | First-time film director who recently revealed she'll go by only her first and middle names professionally, creating distance from her famous surname |
| ELLISON | 20th-century novelist who shared first and middle names with poet Emerson |
| CAPNCRUNCH | Mascot whose first and middle names are Horatio Magellan |
| JONAHHILL | Moneyball Oscar nominee who goes by his first and middle names; his sister, actress Beanie Feldstein, kept the family name |
| ANGELINAJOLIE | Oscar winner who goes by her first and middle names, having dropped "Voight" over conflict with her famous father |
| ALISONBRIE | Mad Men actress who goes by her first and middle names, which are shorter than her surname Schermerhorn |
| TOBYKEITH | This recently deceased country star went by his first and middle names, dropping his surname Covel |
| TOMCRUISE | "Mission: Impossible" star who goes by his first and middle names, not his last name (Mapother): 2 w |
| LEAMICHELE | "Glee" actress who goes by her first and middle names, not her last name (Sarfati): 2 wds. |
| RAYCHARLES | "Georgia on My Mind" singer who went by his first and middle names, not his last name (Robinson): 2 |
| OTTO | He is an abstainer between the first and middle of October (4) |
| ONO | One of Sean Lennon's middle names in honor of one of his parents |
| LEN | Name in the middle of "middle names" |