| CLARENDON | 1st Earl of ___w; title of Edward Hyde, Lord Chancellor to Charles II, author of The History of the Rebellion (9) |
| SLEEP | "The best cure for insomnia is to get a lot of ___" (W.C. Fields quote) |
| MEL | "History of the World, Part II" writer/producer/narrator Brooks |
| ARABIA | "All the perfumes of ___": W.S. |
| TWAIN | Mark II writer? (5) |
| BFSKINNER | 'Walden Two' author |
| AMOR | "Table for Two" author Towles |
| SKINNER | "Walden Two" author B.F. ___ |
| HERALDRY | The study of coats of arms and of the history of the families who are entitled to them (8) |
| EDWARDGIBBON | Author of The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire |
| MOTHERLAND | 6 in Kiev, part of the National Museum of the History of Ukraine in the Second World War (10) |
| HGWELLS | Author of The History of Mr Polly |
| WELLS | HG _, author of The History of Mr Polly (5) |
| BENNETT | What is the surname of Alan, author of The History Boys? (7) |
| AVON | 1st Earl of_, title of Anthony Eden, prime minister of the UK 1955-57 (4) |
| MORE | Sir Thomas _, English lawyer, social philosopher, author, statesman, and Lord Chancellor to Henry VIII, executed on a charge of treason (4) |
| MONCK | Originally Cromwell's commander-in-chief in Scotland, the Devon-born soldier who later became a key figure in negotiating the restoration of the monarchy to Charles II in 1660 (5) |
| THOMASMORE | Lord Chancellor to Henry VIII 1529-1532, executed on a charge of treason (6,4) |
| ONOMASTICS | Lexicological study of the history of proper names (10) |
| PHILOLOGY | Study of the history of a language (9) |
