| PHENOMENA | Events of scientific interest |
| BOTANICAL | (Gardens) of scientific interest (9) |
| PLANETARIUMS | Pleasant man formally takes you and another one to see places of scientific interest (12) |
| BLUEGENTIAN | One common name for a small plant of Alpine meadows, rare in northern Europe but found in the Upper Teesdale site of special scientific interest |
| HIGHROCKS | Geological Site of Special Scientific Interest two miles west of Tunbridge Wells, with a station on the Spa Valley Railway |
| SSSI | Site of special scientific interest (abbrev.) (4) |
| MUSEUMS | Buildings where objects of historical, artistic or scientific interest are exhibited (7) |
| MUSEUM | Place where objects of artistic, historical or scientific interest are exhibited (6) |
| HACKFALL | Sylvan Site of Special Scientific Interest near Grewelthorpe, North Yorkshire (8) |
| ASSISTANCE | Area for starters with special scientific interest has position to support (10) |
| MUSSITATION | Special scientific interest in genetic modification leads to muttering (11) |
| EVELYN | Author of a posthumously published diary describing events of 1665-6 including the Great Plague and the Great Fire of London (6) |
| FROISSART | Medieval historian whose Chronicles chart the events of the Hundred Years' War including the accession of Edward III, the Battle of Crecy and the Peasants' Revolt (9) |
| CURRENTAFFAIRS | Stream broadcasts involving a couple of fellows in events of political and social interest happening now (7,7) |
| ANNAL | Record of events of one year (5) |
| ESTATESALES | Events of interest to antiquers |
| GOINGS | Events of interest, with "on" |
| HUNTER | Type of pocket watch with a hinged lid; a brand of wellington boot; or, Scottish anatomist considered a founder of scientific surgery (6) |
| THIRDAGE | 3021- year historical period during which the events of J R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings took place (5,3) |
| TIPPETT | Michael -; composer whose oratorio A Child of Our Time was inspired by the events of 1938 that led up to Kristallnacht (7) |