| ASHMOLEAN | ? Museum of Art and Archaeology, University of Oxford, establishment founded in 1683 (9) |
| VANDALISM | Criminal damage? Museum gets woefully slim support! (9) |
| NEWCOLLEGE | Oxford establishment |
| ITART | "But is ___ ___?" (Museum query, perhaps) |
| HERMITAGE | Museum of art and culture in St. Petersburg, founded in 1764 by Catherine the Great (9) |
| ASHMOLEANMUSEUM | Oldest historical exhibition centre in the UK, established in Oxford in 1683 (9,6) |
| GARRICKCLUB | London establishment, founded in 1831, whose members are primarily lawyers, writers and publishers |
| KEELE | ___ University, educational establishment founded as the University College of North Staffordshire in 1949 (5) |
| ORIEL | Constituent college of the University of Oxford originally founded under the patronage of Edward II in 1326 (5) |
| BRILL | International academic publishers founded in 1683 |
| VIENNA | European capital besieged by the Ottomans in 1683, the furthest point of their invasion of Europe (6) |
| NEWNHAM | - College. Cambridge; women's educational establishment founded in 1871(7) |
| BODLEIAN | Main research library of the University of Oxford, one of the oldest in Europe (8) |
| BALLIOL | One of the colleges of the University of Oxford, founded 1263 (7) |
| ANNE | Queen who married Prince George of Denmark in 1683 (4) |
| ELIAS | and 47ac, English antiquary who donated most of his collection to the University of Oxford to create a museum that is named after him |
| ASHMOLE | English antiquary whose donation of his collection to the University of Oxford in 1677 created Britain's first public museum (7) |
| KEBLE | One of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford, named after a Tractarian (5) |
| TRINITY | One of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford (7) |
| BODLEY | Sir Thomas ___, founder of the main research library of the University of Oxford (6) |
