| ASIMOV | Isaac _; author of Foundation series (6) |
| NAUSEA | Revulsion of foundation in Rockhampton, Australia close to coral, for example (6) |
| SHELBY | Isaac ___, officer in the American War of Independence; first and fifth Governor of Kentucky (6) |
| PITMAN | Sir Isaac ___, 19th-century English inventor of a system of phonetic shorthand (6) |
| AZIMOV | Isaac ___: "I, Robot" author (6) |
| SINGER | Isaac ___, 19th-century inventor of a single-thread chain-stitch sewing machine (6) |
| NEWTON | Who (Sir Isaac ___) is noted particularly for his law of gravitation? (6) |
| ISAAC | American author of the Foundation series of science fiction stories (5,6) |
| ISAACASIMOV | American author of the Foundation series of science fiction stories (5,6) |
| SCIFI | Short name of the genre associated with the Robot and Foundation series author, Isaac Asimov (3-2) |
| SPACEOPERA | Genre of sc-fi film or novel such as the Star Wars franchise or Isaac Asimov's Foundation series (5,5) |
| HARI | Seldon of Asimov's "Foundation" series |
| ASIMOVIAN | Reminiscent of "I, Robot" or the "Foundation" series |
| GROUNDING | Head of governors giving rough idea of foundation |
| TOUCHBOTTOM | Move in front of foundation and run aground? (5,6) |
| LEONARD | British winner of the Victoria Cross who set up a number of Foundation Homes from 1948 for disabled |
| CHESHIRE | British winner of the Victoria Cross who set up a number of Foundation Homes from 1948 for disabled exservicemen (7,8) |
| WHALEBONE | Hit with something contentious in part of foundation (9) |
| PLAN | Prepare for curtailment of foundation |
| MAKEUPCONTAINER | Holder of foundation, lipstick, eyeliner, and such |
