| AGNESI | Italian scholar, eldest of 21 children, generally considered the first female mathematician of moder |
| THEMOONSTONE | 1868 book by Wilkie Collins that is generally considered the first detective novel in the English language |
| ATROT | At ___ (moder-ately fast) |
| ENTOMOLOGY | Scientific study of insects, of which Reverend William Kirby is generally considered the founder (10) |
| BEATLES | Which band, formed in 1959, is generally considered the most popular and influential of pop groups (7) |
| HYPATIA | Pre-eminent female mathematician and philosopher of the ancient world (d. 415 AD), who headed the Neoplatonist school at Alexandria (7) |
| ADA | Computer language named after a 19th-century female mathematician |
| RAPPERSDELIGHT | 1979 single by The Sugarhill Gang generally considered to be the song that first popularised hip hop in the United States and around the world |
| LYING | Activity generally considered banned by the ninth of the Ten Commandments (5) |
| MARSILIUSOFPADUA | Italian scholar whose political treatise Defensor pacis is seen as the most revolutionary in the late Middle Ages |
| PETRARCH | 14th-century Italian scholar and poet called the "Father of Humanism" |
| ARCHIMEDEAN | Relating to the Syracuse-born mathematician of the 3rd century BCE |
| RAPPERS | 1979 single by The Sugarhill Gang generally considered to be the song that first popularised hip hop (7,7) |
| DELIGHT | 1979 single by The Sugarhill Gang generally considered to be the song that first popularised hip hop (7,7) |
| REASON | Seven is generally considered to be the age of it |
| ALITTLEPRETTYPOCKETBOOK | Collection of rhymes published in 1744, considered the first volume for children |
| ALMA | River giving its name to what is usually considered the first battle of the Crimean War |
| ARCHIMEDES | The great mathematician of the ancient Greek world |
| EUCLID | Greek mathematician of Alexandria who authored the work Elements (6) |
| LOUISLUMIERE | One of two brothers whose 1895 film of workers leaving a factory is considered the first motion picture (5,7) |
