| LASKER | Emanuel, German chess player who excelled in the early 20th century (6) |
| AARON | Judge who excelled in the Field of Dreams game |
| EMANUEL | German chess player who was World Champion from 1894 to 1921 (7,6) |
| BANNISTER | Roger ---, knight who excelled in sport and neurology |
| MEDALED | Excelled in the Olympics |
| DALGLISH | Kenny ---, taciturn Liverpool forward who excelled as both player and manager |
| CHANEL | French couturier credited with introducing the 'little black dress' in the early 20th century (4,6) |
| CAPPED | Excelled in height to be best in the competition |
| ONIONS | A good candidate for oddest car company name is Alldays and ------, active in Britain in the early 20th century (6). |
| KEWPIE | Baby cupid doll characters which were popular in the early 20th Century (6) |
| ADDICT | What word for a habitual, excessive user came into use in the early 20th Century? (6) |
| TINPAN | ____ Alley, nickname for a music publishing district centred on West 28th Street in New York in the early 20th century (3,3) |
| BOATER | Hat which was popular in the early 20th century |
| GAUDI | Catalan architect who designed the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona and also worked in Mallorca on the restoration of Palma Cathedral in the early 20th century (5) |
| NIGELSHORT | English chess player who challenged Garry Kasparov for the World Chess Championship in 1993 |
| PETERLEKO | Hungarian chess player who became the world's youngest grandmaster in 1994 |
| AKRON | City in Ohio, US known in the early 20th century as the rubber capital of the world (5) |
| DADA | Art movement that originated in Europe in the early 20th century as a reaction by artists who wanted to reject the modern capitalist society |
| BOOGIEWOOGIE | Jazz style of blues piano playing that became popular in the early 20th century (6-6) |
| LOGANBERRIES | Fruit used in the early 20th century to prevent scurvy in the Royal Navy |
