| BEVAN | Aneurin -, Labour MP for Ebbw Vale from 1929-60; Minister of Health from 1945-51 (5) |
| OASIS | Former Ebbw Vale chairman Marcus Russell managed this mega band from 1993 to 2009 (5) |
| STEEL | Company formed in 1967 - name followed on train nameplates by the likes of Ebbw Vale, Ravenscraig and Teesside (5) |
| BEVIN | Ernest -, Foreign Secretary from 1945-51 (5) |
| EXILE | Trotsky's fate, from 1929 on |
| ANEURINBEVAN | Welsh Labour politician; Minister of Health responsible for the formation of the NHS (7,5) |
| CHUTEREDE | James ?, Labour MP for South Shields from 1935-64; Home Secretary from 1945-51 |
| NYEBEVAN | Labour Minister of Health, 1945-51 (3,5) |
| OSWALDMOSLEY | Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster from 1929-30; founder of the British Union of Fascists in 1932 |
| OSWALD | Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster from 1929-30; founder of the British Union of Fascists in 1932 (6,6) |
| MOSLEY | Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster from 1929-30; founder of the British Union of Fascists in 1932 (6,6) |
| BRITISH | Company formed in 1967 - name followed on train nameplates by the likes of Ebbw Vale, Ravenscraig and Teesside (7) |
| ATTLEE | Prime minister from 1945-51 whose term saw the creation of the modern welfare state including the fo |
| GANNON | Jim ...... , former Stockport County player and manager who was boss of Port Vale from Januarymarch, 2011 (6) |
| YUGOSLAVIA | New name for the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, from 1929 |
| ELEVATION | Excitement surrounding leaders in Ebbw Vale getting promotion (9) |
| TREDEGAR | Welsh town near Ebbw Vale (8) |
| BLAENAUGWENT | County borough in South Wales; administrative centre Ebbw Vale |
| JOHNWHEATLEY | Irish-born labour politician (1869-1930, appointed Minister of Health (1924) |
| NYERERE | President and Labour Minister of Health embraced the Queen twice (7) |
