| ARSE | Bottom of Britain? |
| DAVY | Cornish chemist whose invention of a firedamp safety lamp decreased the number of fatalities of miners and contributed to the progression of the industrialisation of Britain (4) |
| CASSON | Director of architecture at the Festival of Britain who was elected president of the Royal Academy in 1976 and illustrated the Prince of Wales' The Old Man of Lochnagar (6) |
| GAUNT | John of ___, son of Edward III and father of Henry IV of Britain (5) |
| BADER | Hero of the Battle of Britain in spite of having lost both legs in a flying accident in 1931, Sir Do |
| STRONG | Author of The Story of Britain (6) |
| JUTE | Germanic invader of Britain - type of fibre (4) |
| THEFEW | Name for the Allied airmen of the Royal Air Force who fought the Battle of Britain in the Second Wor |
| ARDILA | Mauricio ___, Colombian cyclist; winner of the 2004 Tour of Britain (6) |
| SKYLON | Futuristic-looking, dominating symbol of the 1951 Festival of Britain (6) |
| CORNWALL | Gosh! Grass comes up before end of April in one part of Britain (8) |
| FESTIVAL | - of Britain; 1951 event organised to mark the centenary of the Great Exhibition and raise national morale (8) |
| GEOFFREYOFMONMOUTH | Cleric who wrote The History of the Kings of Britain |
| TACITUS | Roman historian who was the son-in-law of Agricola, the conqueror of Britain |
| SIMON | Historian and presenter of the BBC's A History of Britain (5,6) |
| SCHAMA | Historian and presenter of the BBC's A History Of Britain (5) |
| MIDDLEENGLISH | The language of parts of Britain from about 1100 AD to about 1450 AD (6,7) |
| CONINGSBY | RAF station, home since 1976 of the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (9) |
| SAXON | Member of a Germanic people who occupied parts of Britain in the 5th and 6th centuries. (5) |
| HUGHCASSON | Director of architecture for the Festival of Britain, knighted in 1952 (4,6) |
