| RUSKIN | John --, the leading English art critic of the Victorian era (6) |
| BRIANSEWELL | Former art critic of the Evening Standard whose father was the composer Philip Heseltine, better known as Peter Warlock |
| IRVING | Henry ---, English actor-manager of the Victorian era (6) |
| SEWELL | Brian ___, controversial English art critic, who was the illegitimate son of the composer Peter Warlock |
| PAVANE | The old man going to the forefront leading English dance (6) |
| TENNYSON | October 12, 1892, the day of this poet laureate's funeral, was a national day of mourning in England, because he was considered the leading poet of the Victorian era. |
| LEAVIS | Former critic of the French car rental company (6) |
| LEFANU | Joseph Sheridan - -; author of the Victorian Gothic mystery-thriller Uncle Silas (2,4) |
| TOUPEE | Kick about leading English? It's an artificial high point! (6) |
| UPROOT | Leading English cricketer has to move from home (6) |
| NEOCON | Critic of the Great Society |
| USEDUP | Our supporters, leading English and Irish party, finished |
| ELLEN | Great English Shakespearean actress of the Victorian era - Sir John Gielgud is her great nephew; ... |
| GALOP | Lively dance of the Victorian era |
| READE | Study English novelist of the Victorian era (5) |
| ROGERFRY | English art critic and member of the Bloomsbury group (5,3) |
| PENNYFARTHING | Early model bicycle of the Victorian era (5-8) |
| EDWARDIAN | Era of the early 20th century (immediately following the Victorian Era) |
| YARRAJUNCTION | In which town did the 36-inch gauge of the Powelltown timber tramway meet the standard gauge of the Victorian Railway? (5,8) |
| JOHNRUSKIN | 19th-century English art critic and social reformer whose works include Modern Painters and Unto this Last (4,6) |
