| ADI | Herr Stadler, one of the few Germans to compete in the Latin hotbed of 1980s 125 GPS. (3) |
| KANT | Philosopher, one of very few Germans commemorated in Kaliningrad, formerly Konigsberg |
| FOE | The Germans, to the British at Jutland |
| PUNJABIS | Joke OK for Germans, to be repeated for Indians? (8) |
| APT | Like the name of Early Wynn, one of the few pitchers with 300 wins (two of them on Opening Day!) |
| VIA | Word for "way" that is found in the Latin name for the Milky Way (3) |
| KEA | New Zealand native bird that is one of the few alpine parrots in the world |
| SPA | Hotbed of heavy breath-ing |
| VII | Number of deadly sins, in the Latin rite? |
| ANNE | First name of the Princess Royal; patron of Save the Children and the first member of the royal family to compete in the Olympic Games (4) |
| ZEE | Last letter in the Latin alphabet |
| EEL | One of the few nonkosher fish |
| BARBARYCOAST | Name given to an area of the Mediterranean which was a hotbed of piracy in the 17th and 18th centuries (7,5) |
| LYING | Harry S Truman described Richard Nixon as, 'One of the few in the history of this country to run for high office talking out of both sides of his mouth at the same time and ... out of both side' |
| DEN | Iniquity hotbed |
| ERIC | Mr Mcpherson, the first Australian to compete in the TT after the Second World War, after helping to form the Motor Cycle Racing Club of New South Wales during it. (4) |
| YVON | Monsieur Duhamel, French-canadian who was one of the first AMA racers to compete in the Mallory Park Race of the Year. (4) |
| UCLA | Berkeley was the radical campus of the 60s but in the 30s it was this Los Angeles university that was described as a hotbed of communism (1,1,1,1) |
| OVA | Cholesterol hotbeds |
| CIRCE | Mythical sorceress whose name is referred to in the Latin epithet of enchanter's nightshade, for it was thought by botanists to be used by the aforesaid spellbinder to bewitch Odysseus's companions (5 |
