| BOSWELL | James -,18th-century Scottish biographer of Dr Johnson (7) |
| ANTONIA | ---- Fraser, biographer of Mary Queen of Scots (7) |
| NEILLIA | Genus of the botanical family Rosaceae, named after an 18th century Scottish naturalist (7) |
| ZIEGLER | Philip ___ (b.1929), British historian and biographer of William IV, Cecil Rhodes and Edward VIII (7) |
| HARGREAVES | James, 18th Century inventor of the spinning jenny (10) |
| HODGE | A cat of Dr. Johnson, the subject of a Percival Stockdale poem (5) |
| OLIVERGOLDSMITH | Friend of Dr Johnson holds tome - Virgil, in translation |
| COOK | James -, 18th-century English navigator who discovered several Pacific and Atlantic islands (4) |
| BRINDLEY | James -, 18th-century British canal builder associated with the Grand Cross scheme |
| JAMESBOSWELL | The friend and biographer of 18th Century writer Samuel Johnson (5,7) |
| IDLER | Dr Johnson's essay series The ____ included Sleep and Robbery of Time |
| HARMLESS | ___ drudge, Dr Johnson's definition of a lexicographer (8) |
| BOSWELLIAN | Relating to Dr Johnson's biographer (10) |
| ADAM | 18th-century Scottish economist; author of The Wealth of Nations (4,5) |
| SATIRE | Meaning "poetic medley", the art of ridiculing through storytelling, defined by Dr Johnson as "a poem in which wickedness or folly is censured" (6) |
| MARROWFAT | "____ or Dutch admiral" is one of the 16 species listed under "pea" in Dr Johnson's dictionary |
| ASSAM | How Dr Johnson was described in N East Indian state? |
| GRUBSTREET | Where Dr Johnson was working but with regrets |
| SIR | An opening word from Dr. Johnson |
| BRANDY | What a hero must drink, according to Dr Johnson (6) |
