| SCARY | When she became a Spice Girl, what nickname did Melanie Brown adopt? (5) |
| TEEN | Debbie Gibson, when she became a star |
| HEATHER | Girl: what to do if she is cold? |
| SPICEGIRLS | Pop group whose members included Melanie Brown and Melanie Chisholm |
| CUTLASS | Answer to the girl's, "What did sailors do with it?" (7) |
| ELTEL | What nickname did Terry Venables acquire when he became manager of FC Barcelona? (2,3) |
| SONNY | What nickname did boxer Charles Liston adopt? (5) |
| LITTLECORPORAL | What nickname did Bonaparte gain after the battle of Lodi in 1796? (6,8) |
| SANNAMARIN | She became the youngest female head of government in the world when she became the prime minister of Finland |
| TEN | Tatum O'Neal's age when she became the youngest Oscar winner in history, in 1974 |
| HEBE | In ancient myth she became a goddess (4) |
| SASHA | SHE BECAME A FORRESTER MODEL AND SLEPT WITH ZENDE |
| FENDIWENDY | TV host Williams, if she became a fashion house's brand ambassador? (2 wds.) |
| LAW | Subject taught by Elizabeth Warren before she became a U.S. senator |
| DIANASPENCER | *She became a princess on July 29, 1981 |
| MAEWEST | She became a life saver in the water, stuffing sheep into mat (3,4) |
| SOUTHKOREA | Novelist Han Kang made history Oct.10 when she became the first writer from this country to win the Nobel Prize in literature |
| KNIGHT | Painter Dame Laura who, in 1936, broke tradition when she became the first woman to be elected to full membership of the Royal Academy (6) |
| SHELOVEDLOAFING | She became a baker because... |
| DAPHNE | She became a laurel tree |