| REITH | BBC's first director general, d. 1971 (5) |
| CUSTER | US cavalry general, d. 1876 |
| ENLARGED | Blew up revolutionary General D (8) |
| OGDEN | ___ Nash, American poet, d. 1971 (5) |
| BARER | BBC's first rare broadcast is less covered (5) |
| EDGAR | J ___ Hoover, first Director of the FBI (5) |
| GROVE | First director of the Royal College of Music who founded the Dictionary of Music and Musicians; or, a woodland/orchard of lemon, orange or olive trees (5) |
| AITON | William ___, Kew's first director - ain't about to crush centre of bloom (5) |
| DREAM | Is the first director about to get a million, or is it just a fantasy? (5) |
| BECHE | Henry de la -; palaeontologist and first director of the Geological Survey of Great Britain (5) |
| STASI | Secret police force of East Germany from 1950-90, whose first director was Wilhelm Zaisser (5) |
| CAPRA | First director to have a movie win the top five Oscars |
| JOHN | Scot who was first Director-general of the BBC, in 1927 (4,5) |
| EDUCATE | The BBC's mission propounded by Lord Reith, its first director-general: to inform, ____ and entertain (7) |
| BBCONE | Broadcaster whose first director-general was Sir John Reith in 1927 (3,3) |
| NASH | English architect, d. 1835 - American poet, d. 1971 (4) |
| HAROLDLLOYD | Silent film comedy star, d. 1971 (6,5) |
| PAPADOC | Haitian dictator, Francois Duvalier, d. 1971 (4,3) |
| CHANEL | French fashion designer and perfumier, d. 1971 (6) |
| COCOCHANEL | French fashion designer, d. 1971 (4,6) |
