| DRPEPPER | Carbonated soft drink first created in the 1880s * (2,6) |
| TONICWATER | Carbonated soft drink first created by British army officers in India (5,5) |
| CHELSEABUN | Small sticky sweet roll filled with currants, first created in the 18th century in southwest London (7,3) |
| COCACOLA | Soft drink first sold in the 1880s: Hyph. |
| LAUREATE | Poet ____ , honorary literary position with the British royal household first created in 1668 (8) |
| LEMONADE | A carbonated soft drink (8) |
| KHARTOUM | Sudanese city where General Gordon met a sticky end in the 1880s at the hand of the Mahdi and his fo |
| ATLANTIC | A 4-4-2 locomotive introduced to the UK in the 1880s (8) |
| PEPPER | Dr ____, carbonated soft drink created by Charles Alderton in the 1880s (6) |
| UNIVERSITIES | Educational establishments which were first created in Europe in the 11th and 12th centuries (12) |
| PLUTONIUM | What was first created in 1940 by the neutron bombardment of uranium? (9) |
| WATERFORD | Type of crystal noted for its sparkle, first created in Ireland in 1783 (9) |
| OREO | Snack first created in 1912 |
| SSN | American ID first created in 1936: Abbr. |
| BEAN | Mr. British sitcom starring Rowan Atkinson, first created in 1990 (4) |
| VIMTO | Brand-name soft drink first made in Manchester in 1908 (5) |
| SODA | Carbonated soft drink in espresso daiquiri |
| CREAMSODA | In North America, a carbonated soft drink flavoured with vanilla (5,4) |
| IRNBRU | Popular carbonated soft drink produced in Scotland (3-3) |
| RCCOLA | Soft drink first sold in 1905 |
