| EBSEN | Haley replaced him as the Tin Man |
| ILIE | Jimmy replaced him as the #1 tennis player in 1974 |
| AARON | Aardsma replaced him as the alphabetically first MLB player |
| OILUP | Lubricate, as the Tin Man |
| ALOU | Bochy replaced him as manager of the San Francisco Giants |
| LOTT | Frist replaced him as Senate majority leader |
| JOULWAN | Gen. Clark replaced him as NATO supreme allied commander |
| REGIS | Michael replaced him as Kelly's cohost |
| AGNEW | Ford replaced him as VP |
| ABE | Suga replaced him as Japan's prime minister |
| EISNER | Mitchell replaced him as Disney chief |
| RAJPUT | Houghton has replaced him as Zimbabwe coach. (6) |
| PRESIDENT | For the present, I'd regard him as the leader (9) |
| MODELT | A product of Ford, also known as the Tin Lizzie |
| ERNIEWISE | Comedian whose comic partner described him as 'the one with the short, fat, hairy legs' (5,4) |
| SWIMMING | In which sport did Johnny Weissmuller win three gold medals at the 1924 Olympics? (You may also know him as the actor who played Tarzan) |
| HIGH | Hail him as the last of what he was in ancient history - that's the story, Rory! (4,4,2,4) |
| KINGOFTYRE | Hail him as the last of what he was in ancient history - that's the story, Rory! (4,4,2,4) |
| LYNNSWANN | Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver who hosted the NBC game show To Tell the Truth in the early 1990s; Alex Trebek eventually replaced him |
| VASLAVNIJINSKY | His tombstone in Montmartre Cemetery has a statue of him as the puppet Petrushka |