| SAMUELPEPYS | British diarist and naval administrator who died in 1703 (6,5) |
| PEPYS | Samuel ___, British diarist and naval administrator who died in 1703 (5) |
| RIPPEDDEANS | College administrators who never skip gym class? |
| SAMUEL | _ _ _ _ _ _ Pepys, English naval administrator and diarist of life in London in the 1660s (6) |
| RAYILLINGWORTH | Former English cricketer, commentator and administrator who took 2,000 wickets and made 20,000 runs in first class cricket |
| EVELYN | Diarist and founding fellow of the Royal Society who, on December 25 in 1657, found himself arrested at gunpoint and detained as a prisoner for attending church during the Puritan ban on Christmas (6) |
| VIVALDI | Italian composer who was ordained as a priest in 1703 (7) |
| RAFFLES | British colonial administrator who founded Singapore, or the hotel named for him |
| VITA | Latin for "life" and a name of the author, diarist and poet, nee Sackville-West, who created the celebrated Sissinghurst Castle Garden with her husband, Sir Harold Nicolson (4) |
| HENSLOWE | Elizabethan bear-baiter, diarist and impresario who co-founded or established former theatres including the Fortune, the Hope and the Rose (8) |
| CECIL | --- Beaton, 20th Century English photographer, diarist and stage and costume designer (5) |
| JOHN | And 6. Famous diarist and author (4,6) |
| SAINTPETERSBURG | City founded by Peter the Great in 1703 (5,10) |
| ROUS | Stanley .... , 1961-74 FIFA President; previously a referee and administrator who rewrote the Laws of the Game (4) |
| SALESMANAGER | Company administrator who can cope with auctions, no doubt (5,7) |
| ALANHARDAKER | EFL administrator who oversaw the 1960 launch of the League Cup (4,8) |
| CHIPS | Nickname of author, diarist and politician Sir Henry Channon who restored Kelvedon Hall; tokens for blackjack, poker or roulette; pommes frites; or, slices of dried banana (5) |
| THRALE | Hester ___ (1741-1821), diarist and writer (6) |
| AGATE | James ---, English diarist and theatre critic between the two World Wars (5) |
| ARCHANGEL | The building of St Petersburg in 1703 ended this city's status as Russia's chief seaport (Anglicised name) (9) |
