| IMPALER | Nickname of Vlad III, the model for Dracula |
| FROISSART | Medieval historian whose Chronicles chart the events of the Hundred Years' War including the accession of Edward III, the Battle of Crecy and the Peasants' Revolt (9) |
| VLAD | ___ the Impaler (model for Dracula) |
| TAKASHI | First name of the director of Lupin III: The First |
| NEALCASSADY | US writer who was the model for the character Dean Moriarty in the Jack Kerouac novel On the Road (4 |
| IVAN | _ III the Great of Russia - (Great Prince of Musoovy) (4) |
| OSCARMAYER | The model for the Weenie Awards statuette? |
| CESARE | - Borgia was the model for Machiavelli's The Prince (6) |
| HERSCHEL | Composer whose construction of a telescope led to his discovery of Uranus in 1781 and subsequent appointment as court astronomer to George III the following year (8) |
| THISTLE | During the 1460-88 reign of King James III, the unicorn and which other symbol first appeared on Scottish coins? (7) |
| TREK | "Star ___ III: The Search for Spock" |
| SEARCH | "Star Trek III: The ___ for Spock" |
| BORGIA | Cesare, Italian cardinal and politician who was the model for Machiavelli's The Prince (6) |
| ALEXANDER | Author and critic who was the model for the George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart character Sheridan Whiteside (9,9) |
| WOOLLCOTT | Author and critic who was the model for the George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart character Sheridan Whiteside (9,9) |
| HAWTHORNE | Author and critic who was the model for the George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart character Sheridan Whiteside |
| NIPPER | Dog that was the model for the 1898 painting His Master's Voice (6) |
| NORTON | Author whose childhood Georgian home became the model for Firbank Hall in her classic tales about a family of tiny borrowers (6) |
| DADDY | Provider of 3, the best of them all? (5) |
| OLDCASTLE | English martyr Sir John, the model for Shakespeare's Falstaff |
