| BALFOUR | Arthur ......., prime minister 1902-1905 (7) |
| ARTHURBALFOUR | British prime minister 1902-1905 (6,7) |
| TOLSTOY | Leo ___, Russian author nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature from 1902 to 1906 and for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1901, 1902 and 1909 (7) |
| RODGERS | Richard --, 1902-79, US composer of musicals (7) |
| DEBUSSY | Claude ___, French composer of 1902 opera Pelleas et Melisande (7) |
| AVERILL | Earl --, American baseball player (1902-83) (7) |
| QUALITY | 1902 play by J.M. Barrie (7,6) |
| EDWARDS | King ___, potatoes introduced in 1902 (7) |
| VIRCHOW | Rudolf --, 1821-1902, German 'father of modern pathology' (7) |
| ENGLAND | 1902 comic opera by Edward German and Basil Hood (7) |
| NEWGATE | Notorious old London prison in use until 1902 (7) |
| STORIES | Just So _, 1902 children's collection by Rudyard Kipling (7) |
| TRIUMPH | British company that produced its first motorcycle in 1902 (7) |
| LORENTZ | Dutch scientist who shared the 1902 Nobel Prize in Physics with Pieter Zeeman for work on electromagnetic theory (7) |
| TRANSIT | Start in perhaps, 1902 state landau used for this from the match (7) |
| TYPHOON | 1902 short novel by Joseph Conrad featuring steamer the SS Nan-Shan (7) |
| RHEIDOL | Railway between Aberystwyth and Devil's Bridge opened in 1902 (4,2,7) |
| BORSTAL | In Britain from 1902 to 1982, a custodial institution for male offenders between the ages of 16 and 21 (7) |
| DAYTONA | Which beach in Florida has been the site of motor racing since 1902? (7) |
| MARMITE | Dark brown savoury spread invented by Justus von Liebig in 1902 (7) |