| SHACKLETON | Ernest ---, Anglo-Irish explorer who was knighted for his achievements in polar exploration (10) |
| ERNEST | --- Shackleton, Anglo-Irish explorer who was knighted for his achievements in polar exploration (6) |
| BURKE | Robert O'Hara, 19c Irish explorer who led the first expedition across Australia from south to north (5) |
| ISAACNEWTON | 17th-century scientist known for his achievements in optics, gravitation and mathematics (5,6) |
| VANDERPOST | Laurens ---, writer and explorer who was godfather to Prince William (3,3,4) |
| JESSEOWENS | US athlete who won four medals at the 1936 Olympics, then had to ride the Waldorf-Astoria's freight elevator to the reception held to celebrate his achievement (5,5) |
| SIRJOHNKIRWAN | World Cup-winning All Black knighted for his services to mental health (3,4,6) |
| LINDBERGH | The kidnapping and murder of his son in 1932 overshadowed, for a time, his achievements as a record-breaking flier (9) |
| ARE | Can be found in polar exploration (3) |
| BURTON | Richard, English explorer who was the first to discover Lake Tanganyika in Africa in 1858 (6) |
| MAGELLAN | Portuguese explorer who was killed in the Philippines in 1521 (8) |
| PULITZERPRIZES | Annual awards for achievements in U.S. journalism, letters and music begun in 1917 (8,6) |
| RALEIGH | Sir Walter, English courtier and explorer who was beheaded in 1618 (7) |
| FRANCISDRAKE | Elizabethan explorer who was vice-admiral of the English fleet against the Spanish Armada in 1588 (7,5) |
| AMUNDSEN | Roald, Norwegian explorer who was first to reach the South Pole in 1911 (8) |
| MATTHEWFLINDERS | British explorer who was the first to circumnavigate and map the Australian coast, in 1802-03 (7,8) |
| INFANTPRODIGY | Presumably he hopes his achievements won't always be minor (6,7) |
| OSCAR | An annual award by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for achievements in motion pictur |
| PULITZERPRIZE | One of 13 yearly US awards for achievements in journalism, literature or music (8,5) |
| FIELDS | --- Medal, prize awarded every four years for outstanding achievements in mathematics (6) |
