| CARDANO | Girolamo ___, Italian mathematician who first published the solution to the general cubic equation |
| ABEL | Mathematician who pioneered group theory and proved that there are no algebraic solutions to the general quintic equation; or, the shepherd brother of Cain (4) |
| FIBONACCI | Leonardo ___, Italian mathematician who popularised the decimal system in Europe |
| LIFE | Magazine that first published "The Old Man and the Sea" |
| OMARKHAYYAM | Persian polymath who did pioneering work on cubic equations |
| COCKROBIN | See 17-Across (and see circles for the solution to the mystery) |
| BURKE | John ___, Irish genealogist who first published his Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the United Kingdom in 1826 |
| ROGET | Physician who first published his "Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases" in 1852 |
| FRESCOBALDI | Girolamo ___, Italian organist and composer whose best known work, the collection Fiori musicali, was first published in 1635 (11) |
| SAVONAROLA | Girolamo ___, Italian political and religious reformer hanged and burned in 1498 (10) |
| HOGWASH | Grid that is further subdivided into nine 3x3 boxes. To solve the puzzle, each of the rows, columns and 3x3 boxes should contain all the digits from 1 to 9. The solution to this puzzle will be publish |
| HUNTERS | Those in the search of a solution to the runs (7) |
| PARALYSE | To disable soldier, the solution to capture first of supplies (8) |
| GALILEO | Italian mathematician who developed the astronomical telescope |
| LEONARDOFIBONACCI | Italian mathematician who popularised the decimal system in Europe |
| LEONARDO | Italian mathematician who popularised the decimal system in Europe |
| MAN | Solution to the Riddle of the Sphinx |
| GALILEI | Galileo _, Italian mathematician called the father of science (7) |
| AKEY | Solution to the classic riddle "What force or strength cannot get through, / I, with gentle touch, c |
| CURE | Heal / cook and age food / solution to the problem / preserve |
