| FLORAMACDONALD | Jacobite heroine who helped the Young Pretender escape in 1745 (5,9) |
| CHARLIE | Bonnie Prince -; a nickname of the Young Pretender immortalised in the Skye Boat Song who led the Jacobite uprising but was defeated at the Battle of Culloden (7) |
| ERISKAY | Outer Hebridean island between Barra and South Uist where the Young Pretender or Bonnie Prince Charlie landed in 1745 (7) |
| FLORA | Heroine who conducted the Young Pretender to safety in Skye (5,9) |
| MACDONALD | Heroine who conducted the Young Pretender to safety in Skye (5,9) |
| SKYE | Hebridean island immortalised in a song describing the escape of the young pretender Charles Edward Stuart, or Bonnie Prince Charlie (4) |
| CHANUTE | Aeronautical pioneer who helped the Wright brothers in making the world's first flight in a powered aircraft (7) |
| BORGIA | Italo-Spanish family which produced two popes in the 15th Century, patrons of the arts who helped the Renaissance (6) |
| TANCREDANDSIGISMUNDA | Which tragedy written by James Thomson in 1745 uses the names of the main characters from The Decame |
| WADE | George ___ (1673 - 1748)Irish-born soldier who became Commander-in-chief of the Forces in 1745 (4) |
| ALESSANDROVOLTA | Italian physicist born in 1745 who invented the electric battery (10,5) |
| SHAMI | Pace bowler who helped the Kings tie their Super Over against the Mumbai Indians in 2020 |
| JACOBITEREBELLION | Unsuccessful uprising led by the Young Pretender, eventually crushed at Culloden in 1746 (8,9) |
| OJEDA | Pitcher Bob who helped the Mets win the 1986 World Series |
| TREATURNER | Shortstop who helped the Phillies win the NL East this season |
| COMPASS | In 1745, a new method for magnetising steel improved the quality of what instrument? (7) |
| JOHNNYBENCH | Oklahoma-born baseball player who helped the Cincinnati Reds to World Series wins in 1975 and '76 (6,5) |
| BONNIE | ___ Prince Charlie or The Young Pretender (6) |
| GARO | 1960s-'80s placekicker Yepremian, who helped the Dolphins win consecutive Super Bowls |
| MIA | Hamm who helped the U.S. win two World Cups |
