| SOMERSETMAUGHAM | English writer (1874-1965) (8,7) |
| CHESTERTON | English writer, 1874-1936, who created the priest-detective Father Brown (10) |
| GERTRUDESTEIN | US writer (1874-1946) who in the 1913 Poem Sacred Emily wrote Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose (8,5) |
| VERNE | "Mysterious Island" author (1874) |
| GRANTCHANTSRANT | 1874 headline: "Prez sings angry criticism at opponents" |
| MILITARYCOLLEGE | Canadian Armed Forces academy in Kingston founded in 1874, Royal ___ ___ of Canada |
| SOUTHERNCOMFORT | Liqueur created by a New Orleans bartender in 1874 (2 wds.) |
| THOMASHARDY | English writer whose novels included Far From The Madding Crowd (1874) |
| BAYLIS | Lilian Mary --, 1874-1937, English theatrical manager (6) |
| HOLST | Gustav, English composer born in Cheltenham in 1874 (5) |
| STEIN | Getrude ___ (1874-1946), US Modernist writer (5) |
| GKCHESTERTON | English critic, novelist and poet, 1874-1936 (1,1,10) |
| SPAGHETTI | First known usage in English in 1874, from the Italian meaning "cord or string." It is an Italian noodle dish. |
| SERVICE | Robert W. ___, writer born in 1874 dubbed 'The Canadian Kipling' (7) |
| BARBEDWIRE | Lucien B. Smith's invention: 1874 |
| WCTU | Org. founded in 1874 |
| WAITE | US chief Justice: 1874-1888 |
| SHACKLETON | Sir Ernest Henry ---, 1874-1922, British explorer (10) |
| DISRAELI | British prime minister 1874-80 (8) |
| HOUDINI | US magician and escapologist, 1874-1926 (7) |
