| SMITHSONIANINSTITUTION | Foundation for education and scientific research in Washington, DC, US, established in 1846 |
| INSTITUTION | Foundation for education and scientific research in Washington, DC, US, established in 1846 |
| SMITHSONIAN | Foundation for education and scientific research in Washington, DC, US, established in 1846 |
| FORENSICS | Scientific research in legal matters |
| PAULING | The only person to have won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry and for Peace, and known for his research in quantum chemistry and molecular biology (last name only) |
| INSTITUTE | Set up organisation for education and research |
| ROERICH | ___ Pact, 1935 US agreement also known as the Treaty on the Protection of Artistic and Scientific Institutions and Historic Monuments (7) |
| SALYUT | The name for any of a series of Soviet space stations (of two designs), launched between 1971 and 1982, that served as living quarters and scientific laboratories or military reconnaissance platforms. |
| JOSEPH | Keith ---, Secretary of State for Education and Science from 1981-86 (6) |
| MORRIS | Secretary of State for Education and Skills from 2001-02 |
| ESTELLE | Secretary of State for Education and Skills from 2001-02 (7,6) |
| KELLY | Ruth ?, Secretary of State for Education and Skills from 2004-06 |
| IAMMALALA | Autobiography subtitled "The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban" |
| SOMERVILLE | Surname of the MSP working as Secretary for Education and Skills (10) |
| FORTRAN | High-level computer programming language for mathematical and scientific purposes (7) |
| AUTOCLAVE | Industrial and scientific machine for sterilisation at high temperatures (9) |
| BAINMARIE | Said to have been invented by the world's first true alchemist, a double boiler or water bath, today with both culinary and scientific applications, including chocolate-melting, custard-making and hea |
| BOTANICAL | Word, from "fodder, grass, herb", describing things related to plants, from balm, drug and sloe gin to an arboretum, rose collection and scientific blurb (9) |
| UNESCO | Cultural and scientific agency of the United Nations (6) |
| DEEM | You judge it to be right for Ed and me (4) |
