| 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 |
| 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 |
| GREATFAMINE | This tragedy started in Ireland in 1845 and ended in 1849. It was caused by late blight, which ruined the potato crop, and it resulted in about one million deaths and mass emigration. |
