| BARBARAHEPWORTH | 20th century female sculptor (7,8) |
| WINIFRED | ___ Holtby, early 20th-century female writer (8) |
| ADA | Computer language named after a 19th-century female mathematician |
| SCULPTRESS | Female sculptor |
| HEPWORTH | Barbara ___, British female sculptor and artist, 1902-1975 (8) |
| FRINK | Where Puck gets a lot of stick, stalking female sculptor (5) |
| HENRYJAMESJOYCE | 19th century American novelist and 20th century Irish novelist |
| BARBARACARTLAND | Prolific 20th century romantic novelist (7,8) |
| FRANCISCOFRANCO | *20th-century Spanish dictator |
| INDIANROPETRICK | Early 20th century magical illusion |
| GREATDEPRESSION | 20th-century example of the word ladder's end |
| MAGNUSMAGNUSSON | 20th-century TV quizmaster (6,9) |
| SERGEIPROKOFIEV | 20th-century Russian classical composer (6,9) |
| SWINGINGSIXTIES | Nickname for a mid 20th-century decade (8,7) |
| THEMARXBROTHERS | 20th century American family comedy act (3,4,8) |
| RICHMALCROMPTON | 20th-century writer who created a series of children's books featuring a mischievous 11-year-old schoolboy (7,8) |
| ROARINGTWENTIES | 20th-century example of the starred word ladder's start |
| HUGHTREVORROPER | British 20th-century historian and scholar, whose reputation was damaged when the 'Hitler Diaries' he had authenticated proved to be forgeries (4,6,5) |
| HISMASTERSVOICE | British record label created in the early 20th Century (3,7,5) |
| FAUVISM | Early 20th-century style of abstract art (7) |
