| BEECHISG | LGBT campaigner who was awarded the Thomas Cranmer Award for worship, Vicky |
| HERESY | Thomas Cranmer was convicted of this and burned at the stake in 1556 (6) |
| HUGHLATIMER | The Oxford martyrs were Nicholas Ridley, Thomas Cranmer and ____ |
| BLAKE | Illustrator of many of the children's books by Roald Dahl who was awarded the Kate Greenaway Medal in 1980; or, the pop artist who co-founded the Brotherhood of Ruralists (5) |
| STOPES | Birth-control campaigner who in 1921 opened the first birth control clinic in London (1880-1958). |
| MARIESTOPES | The campaigner who opened Britain's first birth control clinic in 1921 (5,6) |
| ANGELL | Norman ___, Labour MP noted for his work on the economic futility of war, The Great Illusion, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1933 (6) |
| BECK | Glenn ___ American radio personality who was awarded the Marconi Award for Personality of the Year in 2008 |
| LASZLO | Krasznahorkai who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature "for his compelling and visionary œuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art" (October, 2025) |
| ATSTAKE | Where Cranmer for example died is in dispute (2,5) |
| BOBDOLE | Campaigner who plunged over a poorly mounted railing at a 1996 rally |
| KENT | Bruce __, anti-nuclear campaigner who died this year (4) |
| PEARSON | Disability rights campaigner who is competing on Celebrity MasterChef (4,7) |
| ADAM | Disability rights campaigner who is competing on Celebrity MasterChef (4,7) |
| HEATHER | Charity campaigner who lost part of her leg after an accident, _ Mills (7) |
| LIZCARR | Disability-rights campaigner who played Clarissa Mullery in Silent Witness |
| FEARGAL | Singer and water campaigner who popped up in Ambridge recently (7,7) |
| SHARKEY | Singer and water campaigner who popped up in Ambridge recently (7,7) |
| LOBBYIST | Campaigner who works to influence public officials (8) |
| BOBDYLAN | Blowin' in the Wind singer-songwriter who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in the year 2016: 2 wds. |