| ECCLESTON | 9th Doctor Who, Christopher ... (9) |
| FOZZIE | Muppets character who Christopher Finch described as "a sweetly insecure and absolutely terrible comedian" |
| CHRISTOPHER | Actor who played the Ninth Doctor in Doctor Who (11,9) |
| ONE | Number of series in which ninth Doctor actor, Christopher Eccleston, starred (3) |
| GUNPOWDER | Explosive invented in 9th-century China (9) |
| ATTENDANT | Calling a steward or stewardess for the 9th time? Try a neutral nicety. (6,9) |
| GREGORIAN | ___ chant: unaccompanied sacred song in Latin, developed in the 9th/10th centuries (9) |
| INTHEMAIN | 9th last, losing heads mostly (2,3,4) |
| EXPLOSIVE | Gunpowder, in use by the 9th century in China and the 13th century in the West, was the first known |
| VIMYRIDGE | The Battle of ___ ___ (The great victory, and sacrifice, of the Canadian Corps of April 9th to April |
| NOVEMBRES | Idus ___, 13th day of (originally) 9th month in the calendar |
| OLDFRENCH | Language spoken in France from about the 9th to 15th centuries (3,6) |
| TOTHE | Add brief info on me et al merrily gulping 9th Guinness/Moet bubbly "cos a wit, in passion, 21 10 (2,3,6,9,2,3,5,6,9) |
| LITTLEGENTLEMAN | Add brief info on me et al merrily gulping 9th Guinness/Moet bubbly "cos a wit, in passion, 21 10 (2,3,6,9,2,3,5,6,9) |
| DEWYZE | Lee who won the 9th season of "American Idol" in 2010 |
| DEKLERK | F.W. --- ---, the 9th State President of South Africa, who shared the Nobel Peace Prize with Nelson Mandela in 1993 (2,5) |
| ELIJAH | 9th-century B.C. Hebrew prophet who opposed the worship of Baal in Israel (6) |
| ELISHA | Hebrew prophet of the 9th century BC who was the successor of Elijah |
| FLIGHT | Calling a steward or stewardess for the 9th time? Try a neutral nicety. (6,9) |
| RIRI | Singer who just released the name of her baby boy (born Aug. 9th) last Thursday, casually |
