| PYM | John -, English statesman and opponent of Charles I who helped draft and first proposed the Grand Remonstrance (3) |
| JOHNPYM | English statesman and opponent of Charles I who helped draft and first proposed the Grand Remonstran |
| ADAMS | John _, second president of the US, who helped draft the Declaration of Independence (5) |
| HARVEY | Physician to James I and later Charles I who was the first to correctly describe the blood's circulation (6) |
| MCGILLIVRAY | Alexander ___, 18th-century Creek leader who helped draft the Treaty of New York in 1790 (11) |
| LEMAITRE | Belgian astronomer who first proposed the big-bang theory of the universe (8) |
| HENRYBEAUFORT | English statesman and Catholic cardinal associated with the trial of Joan of Arc (5,8) |
| FRANKLIN | Experimenter/kite-flier who helped draft the US Declaration of Independence (8) |
| RALEIGH | English statesman and explorer, 1552-1618, a leading figure in the colonisation of North America (7) |
| SALADIN | A sultan of Egypt and Syria and opponent of the Crusaders (7) |
| PARLIAMENTARIAN | Opponent of Charles the First (15) |
| AHRIMAN | In Zoroastrianism, the supreme evil spirit and opponent of Ahura Mazda (Ormazd) (7) |
| RATED | Oddly, read the first draft and graded it |
| FEDERALEXPRESS | Company whose founder first proposed the business concept in a college paper, earning a C |
| OPENTHEWINDOW | Produce draft and give it a good airing in The House (4,3,6) |
| BACKTOSQUAREONE | Exasperated cry when trashing a draft, and where to go to answer the clues with slashes |
| BACON | English statesman and philosopher, Francis _ (5) |
| HANNIBAL | Carthaginian general and opponent of Rome (b.247 BC) (8) |
| CICERO | 1st century BC Roman orator and opponent of Caesar (6) |
| EES | Endings for draft and employ |
