| BLAISE | First name of the 17th century French mathematician Pascal (6) |
| FERMAT | 17th-century French mathematician regarded as the founder of modern number theory (6,2,6) |
| PASCAL | 17th Century French mathematician and philosopher who developed the theory of probablity with Pierre |
| CRAVAT | Type of neckwear named after Slavic mercenaries of the 17th century |
| BUNYAN | Progressive author of the 17th century? (6) |
| MILTON | English poet of the seventeenth century |
| MARNIE | _ Swindells, winner of the 17th series of The Apprentice (6) |
| PIERREDE | 17th-century French mathematician regarded as the founder of modern number theory (6,2,6) |
| HARDIE | Surname of the 17th Governor General of New Zealand, in office from 1996 to 2001 (6,4) |
| MINUET | Stately court dance of the 17th and 18th Centuries in triple time (6) |
| HALLEY | Edmund _, English astronomer of the 17th and 18th centuries (6) |
| MANTUA | Loose gown of the 17th and 18th centuries, named after an Italian town (6) |
| PICARD | Jean, 17th Century French astronomer who measured the size of the Earth to a reasonable degree of ac |
| PASCALSTRIANGLE | Number pattern named after a 17th-century French mathematician |
| RACINE | Jean ---, 17th Century French tragic poet and dramatist whose plays included Andromaque (6) |
| DONJUAN | Protagonist of the 17th-century Spanish play El burlador de Sevilla y convidado de piedra ("The Seducer of Seville and the Stone Guest"), attributed to Tirso de Molina (3,4) |
| CRUCIBLE | The ---, 1953 play by Arthur Miller set during the Salem witch trials of the 17th Century (8) |
| WYCHERLEY | William, author of the 17th Century play The Gentleman Dancing-Master (9) |
| MOLIERE | Leading French comic dramatist of the 17th century |
| DODOS | Extinct birds found on Mauritius until the end of the 17th century (5) |
