| HUXLEY | Aldous -; author of the 1931 dystopian novel Brave New World whose grandfather Thomas was known as "Darwin's bulldog" (6) |
| ALDOUSHUXLEY | Author of the classic dystopian novel Brave New World: 2 wds. |
| OSBORNE | Queen Victoria's former seaside retreat in East Cowes, designed in the Italianate style by Queen Camilla's great-great-great grandfather Thomas Cubitt and Prince Albert (7) |
| ALDOUS | First name of the author of 1931 novel Brave New World (6) |
| MUSTAPHA | Resident World Controller of Western Europe in the 1932 Aldous Huxley novel Brave New World (8,4) |
| MUSTAPHAMOND | Resident World Controller of Western Europe in the 1932 Aldous Huxley novel Brave New World |
| MOND | Resident World Controller of Western Europe in the 1932 Aldous Huxley novel Brave New World (4) |
| SOMA | A fictional hallucinogenic drug in Aldous Huxley's 1932 novel Brave New World |
| COWARD | Plummy "playboy of the West End world" whose repertoire included the witty ditty Mad Dogs and Englishmen and a satirical look at the declining fortunes of the British aristocracy in their stately home |
| FFESTINIOG | Area of Gwynedd that includes the Welsh "slate city" or "town that roofed the world", whose heritage railway stretches through the scenic landscape of Eryri, or Snowdonia (10) |
| LADYBIRD | One of a loveliness of spotted goldings emblematic of children's books and, formerly, Woolworths clothes - a gardener's friend of the insect world, whose nomenclature Coccinellidae means "clad in scar |
| YEATMAN | RJ, co-author with WC Sellar of the 1931 book 1066 and All That (7) |
| ANDREWS | Prime minister of Northern Ireland whose brother, Thomas, was the principal designer of RMS Titanic (7) |
| NELL | Dickens character whose grandfather is the proprietor of the titular "Old Curiosity Shop" |
| ELIZABETHII | Monarch whose grandfather George V started the tradition of the Christmas speech in 1932 (9,1,1) |
| BOSCH | Carl-, winner of the 1931 Nobel Prize in chemistry with Friedrich Bergius (5) |
| ERIK | Swedish poet ___ Axel Karlfeldt (posthumous recipient of the 1931 Nobel Prize in Literature) |
| BADMINTON | Fastest racquet sport in the world, whose racquet evolved from the earlier battledore (9) |
| RUSSELL | Nobel laureate, philosopher, logician and Principia Mathematica co-author whose grandfather served twice as prime minister to Queen Victoria (7) |
| ADORABLE | 1933 American musical comedy film starring Janet Gaynor that is a remake of the 1931 German romantic comedy Her Grace Commands |
