| ONASSIS | Aristotle, millionaire shipowner who died in 1975 (7) |
| INPOWER | Commanding shipowner compromised after call for peace (2,5) |
| HERCULEPOIROT | Fictional character who "died" in 1975 |
| HAILESELASSIE | Former Emperor of Ethiopia who died in 1975 (5,8) |
| HEENAN | John ?, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Westminster who died in 1975 (6) |
| HAILE | Former Emperor of Ethiopia who died in 1975 |
| SELASSIE | see 18dn, Former Emperor of Ethiopia who died in 1975 |
| URE | Mary, actress married to John Osborne and Robert Shaw who died in 1975 (3) |
| CUNARD | Samuel, shipowner who began a steamship line (6) |
| LISTENERS | Auditors set for adjustment in shipowner's property (9) |
| NOAH | Raise hollowed-out harpoon for old shipowner (4) |
| PACKETBOAT | Did it cost the shipowner a fortune? (6,4) |
| ONEDIN | TV saga featuring a shipowner and Baines, his gruff assistant with the theme music taken from Khatch |
| THESPIS | Greek poet who, according to Aristotle, was the first actor in Greek drama (7) |
| STAGIRA | Ancient Greek city that was the birthplace of Aristotle (7) |
| ORGANON | Paper with no review of treatise written by Aristotle (7) |
| LEISURE | "The end of labour is to gain ___": Aristotle (7) |
| LESOTHO | Aristotle so thought to contain kingdom (7) |
| UNCLEAN | Natural selection made Aristotle leave filthy (7) |
| ACADEMY | The ___: school founded by Plato, which Aristotle attended before setting up his own school, the Lyceum (7) |
