| RAMILLIES | 1706 Duke of Marlborough battle (9) |
| ARABELLACHURCHILL | Elder sister of 1st Duke of Marlborough (8,9) |
| CHEMISTRY | What may be taught at school about helium, head of Marlborough is to evaluate |
| BLENHEIM | 1704 battle in the War of the Spanish Succession won by the Duke of Marlborough (8) |
| JOHNCHURCHILL | First Duke of Marlborough |
| PACHELBEL | Johann ___ (1653-1706) (9) |
| ESPIONAGE | Why Daniel Defoe was in Scotland in 1706-07 (9) |
| OUDENARDE | Battle of 1708 in which British and Austrian troops under Marlborough and Prince Eugene defeated the French |
| FYFIELD | Name of two Wiltshire villages, one west of and one south of Marlborough (7) |
| SARAHCHURCHILL | Duchess of Marlborough born in 1660 who was a court favourite of Queen Anne (5,9) |
| SAVERNAKE | Former royal forest near Marlborough, famous for its 1,100-year old (approx) Big Belly Oak (9) |
| LERMONTOV | Russian cruise ship which ran aground and sank in the Marlborough Sounds in 1986, the Mikhail ___ (9) |
| OLDSCHOOL | Traditionalists such as Wellington or Marlborough (3,6) |
| CHURCHILL | Lord's house in a bad way in Marlborough |
| NEWZEALAND | Island country, site of Marlborough on its South Island and the Bay of Plenty on its North Island (3,7) |
| DEVIZES | Wiltshire market town southwest of Marlborough (7) |
| ANTONYM | Chap introducing head of Marlborough? It means the opposite (7) |
| CLOUDYBAY | It's murky, the dark horse is in Marlborough (6,3) |
| BENJAMINFRANKLIN | Born 1/17/1706, publisher of the maxim |
| HETHAT | Start of a quote by Benjamin Franklin (b. January 17, 1706) |
