| BESANT | Annie, 19th/20th-century British social reformer and prominent supporter of Indian independence (6) |
| ANNIEBESANT | Social reformer and supporter of Indian independence born in 1847 |
| MARTINEAU | Harriet ---, 19th Century British social theorist and Whig writer (9) |
| SICKERT | Walter ___, 19th-/20th-century British painter (7) |
| CHILDREN | Save The ____, charity co-founded by British social reformer Eglantyne Jebb in 1919 (8) |
| WILLIAMCOBBETT | British social reformer who wrote Rural Rides (1830) |
| KATEHOEY | Labour MP for Vauxhall from 1989 who is a prominent supporter of Brexit |
| REVOLUTION | Most prominent supporter of trades union backed uprising |
| MORGAN | Surname of a 17th-century buccaneer, or a US 19th/20th-century financier (6) |
| GANDHI | Political and spiritual leader of Indian independence (6) |
| ADDAMS | Jane ___, US social reformer and pacifist awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1931 (6) |
| REGGAE | Music of Jamaican origin with a strongly accentuated offbeat and prominent bass (6) |
| STOPES | Marie, British social worker born in 1880 who was an early advocate of birth control (6) |
| GENTOO | A large penguin with a bright orange bill and prominent tail that is native to Antarctica (6) |
| PILLAR | Tablet artist brought up for prominent supporter (6) |
| SWARAJ | "___ is my birthright and I shall have it" (rallying cry for Indian independence) |
| HUSSAR | Religious reformer and rising painter, one often up on a charge |
| OCTAVIA | --- Hill, English social reformer and one of the three founders of the UK's National Trust (7) |
| MOTHERJONES | Byname (based on her married name) of Irish-born Mary Harris, a high-profile agitator for the rights of workers in 19th/20th-century USA (6,5) |
| DEVILSISLAND | 19th/20th century prison in several locations in French Guiana (6,6) |
