| IGNOBELPRIZE | Award won by Marc-Antoine Fardin in 2017 for his research claiming cats are simultaneously both solid and liquid |
| SWANKDIVES | Bars that are simultaneously seedy and elegant? |
| DRAKE | Rapper who won the Grammy Award for Best Rap Song in 2017 for Hotline Bling |
| PAULING | The only person to have won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry and for Peace, and known for his research in quantum chemistry and molecular biology (last name only) |
| SONAM | Which actress won the National Award in 2017 for her portrayal of Neerja Bhanot? (first name only) |
| DAVIDBOWIE | Glam rock legend who won a posthumous Best Alternative Music Album Grammy in 2017 for Blackstar: 2 wds. |
| FEYNMAN | Richard ___, US physicist noted for his research on quantum electrodynamics; Nobel Prize for Physics (1965) |
| DALTON | John -, English scientist born in 1766 noted for his research into colour blindness (6) |
| KOCH | Which Robert was awarded a Nobel Prize in 1905 for his research on tuberculosis? (4) |
| NEEL | Louis, French physicist born in 1904 noted for his research on magnetism (4) |
| ADELE | She won Album of the Year in 2017 for "25" |
| WYATT | All Black who set a record in 2017 for most Super rugby games played (5,8) |
| CROCKETT | All Black who set a record in 2017 for most Super rugby games played (5,8) |
| ARTHURCOMPTON | US physicist and Nobel Laureate (1927, with Charles Wilson) noted for his research on X-rays, and nuclear energy (6,7) |
| ACROBATS | Entertainers performing in Cirque du Soleil or depicted in some of the paintings by Marc Chagall, for example (8) |
| PRIME | Prepare to set off in 2017, for example (5) |
| FAD | Fidget spinners in 2017, for example |
| READYFORIT | #4 hit in 2017 for Taylor Swift (3 wds.) |
| BEAGLE | Ship on which naturalist Charles Darwin travelled for his research (6) |
| KINSEY | Alfred __, biologist remembered for his research into sex, gender and reproduction (6) |
