| BIBBY | Founded in Liverpool in 1807 by John ___ (d.1840), the ___ Line is the world's oldest independently owned deep sea shipping line (5) |
| ATOMIC | ____ Kitten, girl group founded in Liverpool in 1998 (6) |
| LE | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1974 novel by John ___ Carre) |
| MAIN | The chap holding the line is the chief (4) |
| BEE | Its line is the straightest (3) |
| MAZE | Botanical labyrinth such as that built in the multicursal or puzzle style for William and Mary in the Hampton Court garden which is the world's oldest surviving example (4) |
| BAINBRIDGE | Novelist born in Liverpool in 1932 remembered for books including The Dressmaker, The Bottle Factory |
| POTASSIUM | Occurring in seawater and first isolated by Sir Humphry Davy in 1807, an element that derives its symbol "K" from the Latin "kalium" (9) |
| GOTHAM | Nickname for New York City first used by Washington Irving in his satirical periodical Salmagundi in 1807 (6) |
| WILBERFORCE | British reformer whose bill for the abolition of the slave-trade was passed in 1807 (7.11) |
| LEANDER | Based in Henley-on-thames, which amateur rowing club is the world's oldest? (7) |
| BAIKAL | Located in eastern Siberia, it is the world's oldest and deepest freshwater lake (6) |
| EGGMAN | 'I am the ___', line from the chorus of The Beatles' 1967 song I Am The Walrus (6) |
| SODIUM | A bluish-white alkaline metallic element discovered by Sir Humphry Davy in 1807 (6) |
| VESTA | Brightest and second-largest asteroid visible from Earth, discovered by German astronomer Wilhelm Olbers in 1807 (5) |
| STLEGER | Run at Doncaster this is the world's oldest classic turf horse race (2,5) |
| HAMLEYS | Located on London's Regent Street, what is the world's oldest toy shop? (7) |
| BEATLES | The ---, rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960 (7) |
| TEARDROP | The ____ Explodes, post-punk band formed in Liverpool in 1978 (8) |
| SEEDS | The Lightning _. English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1989 (5) |
