| SOUTHSEABUBBLE | Financial crash in 1720 (5,3,6) |
| BUBBLE | Financial crash that occurred in 1720 (5,3,6) |
| SOUTHSEA | Financial crash that occurred in 1720 (5,3,6) |
| GARDENSTOWN | Small coastal village in the north-east, founded as a fishing port in 1720 (11) |
| PIRACY | Anne Bonny and Mary Read were tried and convicted for this crime in Jamaica in 1720 (6) |
| CALICOJACK | English pirate captain born John Rackham executed in Port Royal, Jamaica, in 1720 |
| EDMONDHALLEY | Astronomer Royal who succeeded John Flamsteed in 1720 |
| PIRANESI | Italian draftsman and printmaker born in 1720 (8) |
| SHIVERMETIMBERS | Irish member vets bogus oath (spoken in 1720, perhaps) (6,2,7) |
| RUIN | Bear losing capital in financial crash |
| DEPRECIATION | It never goes up in financial crash (12) |
| PRANG | Pressure on newspaper to conceal pivotal element of financial crash |
| QUEENANNE | Style of furniture popular in England about 1700 to 1720 (5,4) |
| HALLEY | Edmond ?, Astronomer Royal from 1720-42 (6) |
| EDO | Asian metropolis of 1720 |
| PONTIAC | 1720-69 native American leader (7) |
| DANIELDEFOE | English author of novels including Captain Singleton (1720) (6,5) |
| HARGREAVES | James _ (c 1720 - 1778), the Inventor of the spinning Jenny (10) |
| MEISSEN | Since 1720, a crossed swords logo identifies which German porcelain maker? |
| HYKSOS | Nomadic Asian people who controlled Egypt from around 1720 to 1560 BC (6) |
