| ZMUDA | Bob -, US writercomedian; founder in 1986 of charity organisation Comic Relief USA (5) |
| OWNGOAL | It's a big mistake to take control of charity organisation (3,4) |
| RANTZEN | Esther ?, journalist and television presenter; founder in 1986 of charity Childline |
| AGNES | Jane Fonda movie from 1986, ----- of God (5) |
| DYLAN | Bob -, US singer and poet (5) |
| MARKS | One of the two founders in Leeds in 1884 of a (now international) retail chain, d. 1907 (5) |
| TILAK | Bal Gangadhar ?, co-founder in 1916 of the All India Home Rule League (5) |
| HELGA | ____ Hufflepuff, Welsh witch and school founder in Harry Potter (5) |
| SUMER | Revolutionary city founder in old civilisation |
| DROWN | Ultimately founder in drink? |
| BIGBANG | Origin of the universe, perhaps; introduction in 1986 of sweeping changes to the London Stock Exchange (3,4) |
| WATERRAT | Vole: member of a UK showbusiness charity organisation (5,3) |
| ROUNDTABLE | Local charity organisation (5,5) |
| NEWHART | Bob, US comedian whose film roles include Papa Elf in Elf (7) |
| RORY | Scotsman's brief word of thanks spurned by charity organisation |
| DOLE | Bob, US Republican senator who sought nomination for the presidency in 1980 and 1988 (4) |
| GUINNESS | Founder in 1759 of a brewery specialising in Irish dry stout; or, an actor who starred in The Bridge on the River Kwai and Lawrence of Arabia (8) |
| HOPE | Bob -, US comic |
| RELIEF | Comic ___, charity organisation (6) |
| MAY | Bob -, US golfer; 1999 Victor Chandler British Masters winner |
