| DWIGHT | Reg ___, birth name of Elton John (6) |
| PRENTICE | Reg ___, Secretary of State for Education from 1974-75 (8) |
| SUMNER | Gordon _, birth name of British singer and actor Sting (6) |
| PINNER | London suburb 12 miles northwest of Charing Cross; birthplace in 1947 of Elton John (6) |
| YELLOW | Colour of Elton John's and Dorothy's brick road (6) |
| SEAMUS | Nobel winning poet Heaney, quoted by President Biden in his recent introduction of Elton John |
| ENCAGE | Cover of Elton composer put in bars (6) |
| ENTAIL | Involve cover of Elton track (6) |
| SLYE | Leonard ___, birth name of "King of the Cowboys" (1943) star Roy Rogers |
| SPENCER | Diana ___, birth name of the former Princess of Wales |
| LEACH | Archibald ___, birth name of Cary Grant |
| LAUER | Sandra Ann ___ (birth name of the German pop singer Sandra) |
| OWENS | Dana ___, birth name of Queen Latifah (5) |
| BLAIR | Eric Arthur _, birth name of author George Orwell (5) |
| WEST | Kanye ___ (birth name of rapper Ye) |
| GAUTAMA | Siddhartha ___, birth name of the Buddha (7) |
| ANDERSON | Thomas A. __, birth name of Neo in the Matrix films (8) |
| COBBLEPOT | Oswald Chesterfield ___ (Birth name of Batman comics supervillain The Penguin) |
| RATZINGER | Joseph Alois _, birth name of Pope Benedict XVI (9) |
| KENYAN | "well, obviously, a copy of his ___ birth certificate" (maz jobrani, on what will make headlines when president obama presidential library opens) |
