| PERICLES | He is an Athenian statesman who, among other accomplishments, was responsible for building the Acropolis, begun in 447. One of Shakespeare's plays has his name in its title. |
| INCA | People responsible for building the citadel of Machu Picchu (4) |
| SOLON | Who was an Athenian statesman, lawmaker and poet in the 6th century BC? (5) |
| LAMBERT | British TV producer of Dr Who, among many other shows, Verity ... |
| LEIBNIZ | Polymath who, among many things, devised a method of calculus, independently of Newton (7) |
| CARETAKER | Temporary post responsible for building |
| SAPPER | Soldier responsible for building and repairing (6) |
| ESTHER | OT character who's among bravest heroines (6) |
| SIR | Who's among teachers I respect? |
| LISA | Kudrow who's among "Friends" |
| AMON | He is an Egyptian primeval deity, originally a god of the dead, whose name signifies "the hidden one." He is the Son of Thoth and Maat. Who is it? |
| NERO | He is known for building the luxurious Golden House. And being mad. |
| HIRAM | King of Tyre who supplied Solomon with craftsmen and materials for building the temple (5) |
| MECCANO | It was used for building the holy city? Wrong (7) |
| ONE | The number of feet Hillel's student is standing on in a depiction (A) on the [49 Blue], or the final word of Shema ("Shema Yisrael" is found on the base (B) above pioneers building the Land of Israel |
| ORPHEUS | He is an ancient Greek legendary hero endowed with superhuman musical skills. He also became the patron of a religious movement based on sacred writings said to be his own. In The Merchant of Venice ( |
| ASPASIA | Milesian woman, famous for her involvement with the Athenian statesman Pericles, blamed by Aristophanes for the Peloponnesian War (7) |
| ENGLISHMAN | 'For he himself has said it, And it's greatly to his credit, That he is an ___' (WS Gilbert) (10) |
| MAVERICK | Mr Jagger is about to affirm he is an unconventional sort of character (8) |
| METAMORPHOSIS | The ___, 19 novel in which Gregor Samsa wakes to find he is an insect (13) |
