| MESSI | Soccer player whose parents named him after Lionel Richie |
| NIGHTSHIFT | Commodores hit after Lionel Richie left |
| PELE | Soccer player whose biographical film was subtitled "Birth of a Legend" |
| ALI | Sports Illustrated named him Sportsman of the Century in 1999 |
| MUHAMMADALI | Sports Illustrated named him 'Sportsman of the Century' in 1999 |
| ADHOMINEM | Criminal named him- love to go in for a personal attack (2,7) |
| BRANDO | Time magazine once named him "Actor of the Century" |
| XFL | Short-lived gridiron org. that had a player named "He Hate Me" |
| JULIUSCAESAR | Have a stab at naming him after June, everyone else did? (6,6) |
| SHADOW | Senior politician, disaster now with him after balls-up? (6,8) |
| ITCH | Irritation starts to concern him after sex |
| DRACULA | Jonathan Harker met him after travelling across Europe by train (7) |
| ROGER | Message received: 'See him after jolly on brigantine, say' (5) |
| MAITREDHOTEL | Head waiter tolerated him, after a fashion |
| METHODICAL | Orderly located him after a struggle (10) |
| INTERIM | Bury him after leaving hotel, for the time being (7) |
| MARYMAGDALENE | Disciple of Jesus and the first person to see him after the resurrection (4,9) |
| BRECKLE | Jai Sharma's son who came to live with him after his mother died in Emmerdale (6,7) |
| ARCHIE | Jai Sharma's son who came to live with him after his mother died in Emmerdale (6,7) |
| WEBSTER | Abi Franklin proposed to him after his chilly ordeal at the Bistro in Corrie (5,7) |
