| LENNOX | Charlotte ?, author of 1752 novel The Female Quixote (6) |
| BRONTE | Charlotte, author of the novels Shirley and Villette (6) |
| OCTANS | Faint constellation devised by French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1752; location of Polaris Australis, the southern pole star (6) |
| ELEVEN | How many days did Britain lose in 1752 on changing from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar? (6) |
| REPTON | Humphry, English landscape gardener born in 1752 (6) |
| AMALIE | Charlotte ? (Virgin Islands capital) |
| RUSS | Joanna who wrote the 1975 science-fiction novel "The Female Man" |
| CORNWELL | Charlotte ?, actress; sister of author John le Carre (8) |
| PIGSWILL | Proof of Wilbur's bequest to Charlotte? |
| HOTPOTATO | Awkward matter with sexy Charlotte? (3,6) |
| LIGHTNINGROD | Franklin's 1752 stroke of brilliance |
| NEWSTYLE | Another name for the Gregorian calendar adopted in Britain in 1752 (3,5) |
| KITE | Franklin's tool of choice in a 1752 experiment |
| NASH | John ___ (1752 - 1835), London-born architect who designed the Royal Pavilion in Brighton (4) |
| GREGORIAN | Kind of calendar adopted in Great Britain in 1752 (9) |
| UHLENBROEK | Charlotte ?, zoologist whose BBC TV credits include Cousins and Safari School |
| RITCHIE | Charlotte ?, actress who played Oregon in 2011-16 Channel 4 series Fresh Meat |
| GREENHORNET | NBA rookie who plays for Charlotte? |
| BETSY | -----Ross (nee Griscom) 1752-1836, US seamstress credited by her relatives with designing the American flag (5) |
| VELA | Small southern constellation created from the larger Argo Navis in 1752, along with Carina and Puppis (4) |
