| ANDREWCARNEGIE | Dewar, careening wildly, was a great Scottish 19Ac (6,8) |
| GLASGOW | Where was the Great Scottish Run held on 2 October? (7) |
| EMERSON | "Great books and great thoughts rule the world." He was a great exponent of New England Transcendentalism. Who is this? |
| LANG | Emerging from clan, great Scottish collector of fairy tales (4) |
| BOSWELL | ... turning up old book by great Scottish writer |
| GRIT | Great Scottish firmness of character (4) |
| SLEDDED | Designated driver in careening Edsel took a ride downhill (7) |
| VIMYRIDGE | The battle of which, in April 1917, was a great victory (though at a high cost) for Canadian troops against the German defenders (4,5) |
| DEAFEN | It was a great idea, fencing, but it could make you a bit hard of hearing (6) |
| WHEEL | This was a great invention but the second one was even better when it comes round to it (5) |
| GREATPARIS | In 1811 Napoleon and his officers started using used this code, which was a great improvement on a previous code, which had been deciphered by Major George Scovell. |
| AFAREWELLTOARMS | Novel by Ernest Hemingway, who was a great admirer of the Spanish way of life and a regular visitor to the country (1,8,2,4) |
| NIGHTSDREAM | This 1935 film was a great version of the Shakespeare classic, A Midsummer ... (5'1,5) |
| TSAR | Peter was a great one |
| FLOOD | There was a great one in Genesis |
| ERA | It was a great time |
| POWWOW | Prisoner was a great success at the conference |
| VANDYKE | Rachmaninov, Andy Kershaw maintains, was a great artist (7) |
| OSMAN | The sultan was a great guy (5) |
| OLDMASTER | He was a great exponent of art, seldom beaten |
