| CHRISTIE | Founder 254 years ago of what is now the world's oldest fine art auctioneer (8) |
| LLOYD | Founder 331 years ago of a coffee house that has become the world's leading market for specialist insurance (5) |
| SOTHEBYS | Fine art auctioneers established in London in 1744 by Samuel Baker (8) |
| JAUNT | Showman and dog-biscuit manufacturer who founded what is now the worlds largest dog show (5) |
| CRUFT | General manager of dog biscuit manufacturer Spratt's who founded what is now the world's biggest dog show (5) |
| NESTLE | Henri ---, German-Swiss confectioner who founded what is now the world's largest food and beverage company (6) |
| JUDY | Actress ___ Garland died 50 yrs ago of overdose (4) |
| COMANECI | In 1976, Nadia ____ became the only Romanian winner of what is now the BBC World Sport Star of the Year award (8) |
| SABRATHA | Western-most of the three ancient cities of Tripolitania, part of what is now Libya (8) |
| SANDWICH | _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Islands, name given by James Cook to what is now the Hawaiian chain (8) |
| ASSEMBLY | Putting together what is now the Senedd? (8) |
| DEMERARA | Historical region of what is now Guyana, famous for its sugar production (8) |
| LUSITANI | Celtiberian tribe, inhabitants of what is now Portugal (nom pl) |
| ADOPTION | The assumption is now the potion has been mixed (8) |
| BELGIAN | Citizen of a European country which was a founder member of what is now the EU (7) |
| CONSTANTLAMBERT | English composer and conductor who in 1931 became the founding musical director of what is now the Royal Ballet (8,7) |
| FINISTERRE | Peninsula in western Spain, former name of what is now the FitzRoy sea area in the UK Shipping Forecast (10) |
| MOAB | An ancient kingdom east of the Dead Sea, in what is now the SW part of Jordan |
| KIEV | What was once the capital of Russia and is now the capital of the Ukraine and one of the oldest citi |
| EEC | Original initials (from the 1957 Treaty of Rome) for what is now the European Community - as in The Tree Council! (1,1,1) |
