| APOLOGIA | Latin term for a formal defence of one's position, such as that of John Henry Newman in 1864 (8) |
| CARDINALVIRTUES | Chief moral qualities of John Henry Newman? |
| MARKER | Something that indicates a position, such as a stationary light or flare (6) |
| HOTSEAT | Dangerous position, such as the electric chair (3,4) |
| UTILITYBACK | Player able to cover multiple back-line positions, such as Max Malins (7,4) |
| ADEUNDEM | Latin term for a degree awarded by one university in recognition of qualifications from another (2,6) |
| DISJECTA | - membra, Latin term for fragments of a literary work, from Horace's phrase translating as "limbs of a dismembered poet" (8) |
| FOLKTALE | The story of John Henry, e.g. |
| TALLTALE | Account of John Henry or Pecos Bill, e.g. |
| DEFENSOR | Latin term for Defender of the Faith, abbreviated to F.D. on British coins (5,8) |
| BEARINGS | (Sense of) one's position or direction (8) |
| GRAZIANO | Boxer portrayed by Paul Newman in 1956 biopic Somebody Up There Likes Me (5,8) |
| ARGENTUM | The Latin term for silver (8) |
| PULLRANK | Use the privileges of one's position (4,4) |
| LOOPHOLE | John Henry in Bar providing legal oversight (8) |
| WOODWARD | Joanne ___ (b.1930), Oscar-winning actress who married actor Paul Newman in 1958 (8) |
| NICHOLAS | ___ Cartwright, plays Cash Newman in Home and Away (8) |
| TRACTARIAN | A High Church Anglican in the Oxford Movement such as John Henry Newman or Edward Bouverie Pusey (10) |
| HANDLUKE | 1967 Stuart Rosenberg film starring Paul Newman in the title role (4,4,4) |
| GERONTIUS | The Dream of ___, 1900 choral work by Edward Elgar based on a poem by John Henry Newman (9) |
