| LABRADOODLE | Crossbreed dog popularised in 1988 by Australian breeder Wally Conron (11) |
| CORGI | Breed of dog popularised by Queen Elizabeth II (5) |
| THEBIGAPPLE | City's nickname popularised in the 1920s by John X Fitz Gerald of the Morning Telegraph which refers to the city's racecourses (3,3,4) |
| OMARKHAYYAM | Persian poet, mathematician, and astronomer, noted for the Rubaiyat, a collection of quatrains, popularised in the West by Edward FitzGerald |
| FOSBURYFLOP | Field event technique popularised in the 1960s (7,4) |
| BULLMASTIFF | Dog crossbreed |
| OLEVEL | Educational qualification replaced in the UK (except Scotland) in 1988 by the GCSE (1,5) |
| HYBRIDTULIP | Crossbreed with bell-shaped flowers |
| FALCONGOOSE | Bird crossbreed? |
| ETERNITY | Fragrance introduced in 1988 by Calvin Klein (8) |
| OLEVELS | General Certificate of Education exams replaced in 1988 by GCSEs |
| ANNEKARICE | Treasure Hunt co-host (with Kenneth Kendall), replaced in 1988 by Annabel Croft |
| ELECTRONIC | Band formed in 1988 by Bernard Sumner and Johnny Marr (10) |
| NINEINCH | ___ ___ Nails, US rock band founded in 1988 by Trent Rezno (4,4) |
| KISS | Prince song covered in 1988 by The Art of Noise and Sir Tom Jones (4) |
| PMDAWN | American group formed in 1988 by brothers Attrell and Jarrett Cordes whose hits include Set Adrift on Memory Bliss |
| MALTIPOO | Crossbreed dog with low-allergenic fur |
| LABRADOODLEBLOG | Site for devotees of crossbreed dogs? |
| HORSENS | Danish city in the east of the Jutland peninsula, popularised in recent years due to concerts by act |
| CROQUET | Lawn game played with mallets and hoops that was popularised in the UK by John Jaques when he packaged the game with sets of rules in the 1850s (7) |
