| FARADAY | 19th-century physicist Michael ___ , whose name is associated with the Royal Institution's Christmas Lectures (7) |
| TYNDALL | John ___, 19th-century physicist who gave his name to an effect of light scattering by particles in a colloid or particles in a fine suspension |
| PRIMOLEVI | Author of The Periodic Table, the Royal Institution's "best science book ever written" |
| CAINE | British actor Michael ___ whose movies include The Italian Job and Alfie (5) |
| STENNIS | Former U.S. senator John C. ___, whose name can be formed by combining 44 Down and 22 Across and reversing the whole thing |
| ACORN | A company associated with the Royal Navy - one of many making mast! (5) |
| EARLS | London exhibition hall formerly associated with the Royal Tournament (5,5) |
| RINGSIDE | Royal Institutions special design for best seats (8) |
| PIRACY | Quick to cover up Royal Institution's copyright infringement (6) |
| MACINTOSH | Charles, 19th-century Scottish chemist, whose name is associated with a certain type of garment he invented (9) |
| RABELAIS | French renaissance writer and physician whose name is associated with the bawdy jokes and songs he was fond of (8) |
| SANANDREAS | Small Californian town whose name is associated with earthquakes, a geological fault and the Grand T |
| ASTI | Province in the Piedmont region of Italy whose name is associated with a sparkling wine (4) |
| VANDYKE | Flemish painter whose name is associated with a type of collar and beard |
| DINAH | Singer Shore whose name is associated with a major LPGA golf tournament |
| RICHTER | Man whose name is associated with shaking? |
| AVOGADRO | Scientist whose name is associated with a number |
| LLOYD | Edward whose name is associated with insurance |
| RESPITE | Break the limits of time after the Royal Institution embraces psychic powers |
| THOMPSON | Physicist Count von Rumford who co-founded the Royal Institution (8) |
