| WHOSWHO | Annual British biographical dictionary first published in 1849 |
| HORDERN | "A formidable classical actor, he also cornered the market in amiable, elderly eccentrics" (Chambers Biographical Dictionary on Michael ____) |
| CHAMBERS | Dictionary first published in 1872; rooms of a 43 Down (8) |
| RED | The ___ Baron 2008 German-British biographical action war film starring Lena Headey about a World War I fighter pilot |
| TRADER | Rogue ___, 1999 British biographical film starring Ewan McGregor as fraudster Nick Leeson (6) |
| SHIRLEYKEELDAR | A Charlotte Bronte character, an orphaned heiress, in a novel published in 1849 (7,7) |
| SHIRLEY | Novel by Charlotte Bronte that was published in 1849 (7) |
| ROGETSTHESAURUS | Synonym dictionary first released in 1852, named after a British lexicographer (6,9) |
| WIGHTMAN | The ........ Cup was an annual British and American women's tennis team tournament first contested in 1923 (8) |
| EMPIRY | Annual British Commonwealth celebration that was renamed in 1958 |
| OEDIPUS | Complex man turned up inside one's dictionary first |
| ROEDEAN | School managed to secure English dictionary first |
| EDICTS | Orders English dictionary - first requirement for solver (6) |
| CARNEGIE | ___ Medal, annual British literary award for children's fiction established in 1936 (8) |
| STONEHENGE | Site of an annual British music festival |
| OLIVIER | Annual British acting award |
| TURNERPRIZE | Annual British art award (6,5) |
| IVOR | The ___ Novello Awards (annual British music honors since 1955) |
| HICKSTEAD | West Sussex home of the annual British Jumping Derby showjumping event |
| SWAN | Subject of an annual British census |
