| 'The Facts in the Case of M. --', a short story by Edgar Allan Poe |
VALDEMAR |
| -- Dexter, actor who played Harry Luck in the 1960 film 'The Magnificent Seven' |
BRAD |
| -- Russell Smith, painter best known for his illustrations of the American Civil War |
Xanthus |
| -- Smyslov, winner of the 1957 world chess championship match against Mikhail Botvinnik |
VASILY |
| 1986 film directed by Oliver Stone |
PLATOON |
| 1998 Italian film, titled 'Frivolous Lola' in the UK |
MONELLA |
| 2010 South African film starring John Cleese and Troye Sivan |
SPUD |
| 2011 film directed by Steven Soderbergh |
HAYWIRE |
| A belief within the Swaminarayan sect of Hinduism |
AKSHARDHAM |
| African country on the Red Sea |
ETHIOPIA |
| American jazz pianist, bandleader, and composer |
COUNTBASIE |
| Author of the nonsense poem 'The Owl and the Pussy-Cat' |
EDWARDLEAR |
| Author of the novel 'Fahrenheit 451' |
RAYBRADBURY |
| Castle in Angus, Scotland |
GLAMIS |