| LEONARD | British winner of the Victoria Cross who set up a number of Foundation Homes from 1948 for disabled |
| CHESHIRE | British winner of the Victoria Cross who set up a number of Foundation Homes from 1948 for disabled exservicemen (7,8) |
| AGENCIES | The first shop my niece had was in Bridgend -- within three years she'd gone on to set up a number of business organisa- tions (8) |
| SEASHELLS | Mollusc's homes from oceans' underworlds |
| WELLS | Born in the later part of the Victoria era, he was one of he earliest writers of science fiction. He is best known for The War of the Worlds and The Time Machine. |
| YATE | British recipient of the Victoria Cross |
| DDT | Swiss chemist Paul Hermann Muller was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1948 for the discovery of the insecticidal properties of this controversial chemical (1,1,1) |
| SUNSET | Students picked up a number of games for the end of the day |
| SASSOON | Poet and recipient of the Military Cross who became a high-profile protestor against the First World War (7) |
| LALA | Indian recipient of the Victoria Cross |
| READE | Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross |
| WOLFSON | Scottish businessman and philanthropist who set up a foundation in 1955 for promoting and funding medical research and education (7) |
| WEIR | Scottish rugby union player who set up a foundation to raise money for research into motor neurone disease (6,4) |
| DODDIE | Across Scottish rugby union player who set up a foundation to raise money for research into motor neurone disease (6,4) |
| WEBB | Architect whose London designs include the facade of Buckingham Palace the Admiralty Arch and the frontage of the Victoria and Albert Museum (4) |
| DUNANT | Founder of the Red Cross who was awarded the 1901 Nobel Peace Prize (6) |
| DEXTER | Grandson of Cora Cross who works as a mechanic for Phil Mitchell in EastEnders (6,7) |
| AVA | __ Hartman, daughter of Cora Cross who left Walford for a job in Newcastle (3) |
| SMOLLETT | Surgeon who set up a medical practice in Downing Street before writing novels about the adventures of characters including Roderick Random and Peregrine Pickle (8) |
| BASE | From "pedestal", a word whose fundamental meaning lies in the concept of foundation, support or a primary starting point (4) |
