| THOMASEDISON | He patented the phonograph in 1878 |
| EDISON | He patented the microphone |
| EROICA | Symphony on Norman Bates's phonograph in "Psycho" |
| LINOLEUM | The name of what patented floor covering became so widely used that, in 1878, it was removed from the Trade Mark Register? (8) |
| THESUICIDECLUB | Trilogy of Robert Louis Stevenson short stories first published in The London Magazine in 1878 |
| DIGGORYVENN | Reddleman in 1878 Thomas Hardy novel The Return of the Native |
| DIGGORY | Reddleman in 1878 Thomas Hardy novel The Return of the Native (7,4) |
| VENN | Reddleman in 1878 Thomas Hardy novel The Return of the Native (7,4) |
| EVERTON | English football team in the Premier League, founded in 1878 (7) |
| SISLEY | Alfred -; Impressionist who painted Resting by a Stream at the Edge of the Wood in 1878 (6) |
| NATIVE | The Return of the ____ , novel by British writer Thomas Hardy published in 1878 (6) |
| YEOBRIGHT | Paris diamond merchant; title character in 1878 Thomas Hardy work The Return of the Native (4,9) |
| CLYM | Paris diamond merchant; title character in 1878 Thomas Hardy work The Return of the Native (4,9) |
| LISEMEITNER | Physicist born in 1878 noted for her role in the discovery of nuclear fission (4,7) |
| CLUB | Trilogy of Robert Louis Stevenson short stories first published in The London Magazine in 1878 (3,7,4) |
| THESUICIDE | Trilogy of Robert Louis Stevenson short stories first published in The London Magazine in 1878 (3,7,4) |
| STALIN | Soviet leader born in Georgia in 1878 (6) |
| DODGE | City Wyatt Earp worked in, in 1878 |
| WINTER | _ _ _ _ _ _ Gardens, entertainment venue in Blackpool that opened in 1878 (6) |
| WATCHANDWARD | Henry James novel first published in book form in 1878 |
