| WOOLLEY | Leonard ___, archaeologist born in 1880 noted for his excavations in Mesopotamia (7) |
| MORTIMERWHEELER | Archaeologist noted for his excavations at Maiden Castle in Dorset and in India (8,7) |
| WHEELER | Mortimer, British archaeologist born in 1890 (7) |
| DIGRESS | Go off and do excavations in the matter of a ship (7) |
| ASSYRIA | Emerging as an independent state in the 14th century BCE, it became a major power in Mesopotamia, Armenia, and sometimes in northern Syria, before declining after the death of Tukulti-Ninurta I about |
| MORTIMER | ____ Wheeler, British archaeologist born in 1890 noted for discoveries in Britain and India (8) |
| LEAKEY | Mary, archaeologist born in 1913 noted for discovering a prehistoric skull in Tanzania (6) |
| SANDPIT | Spades and excavation in play area |
| AMATEUR | ___ Athletic Association, governing body for athletics founded in 1880 (7) |
| BOYCOTT | The name of an Irish land agent ostracised in 1880 became what word in the English language? (7) |
| TOYSHOP | What type of business did Benjamin Pollock open in London in 1880? (3,4) |
| OCANADA | Song that debuted on Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day in 1880 |
| BOERWAR | Either of two conflicts, fought in 1880-81 and 1899-1902 (4,3) |
| WOOLF | Leonard ***** , political theorist and publisher born in 1880 (5) |
| DERAIN | French Fauvist painter born in 1880 of Westminster Bridge (1907) |
| STOPES | Marie, British social worker born in 1880 who was an early advocate of birth control (6) |
| GROCK | Swiss clown born in 1880 whose real name was Adrian Wettach |
| KELLER | Helen, U.S. author and disability rights advocate born in 1880 (6) |
| FOKINE | Michel, Russian choreographer and ballet dancer born in 1880 (6) |
| MARC | Franz, German painter and printmaker born in 1880 (4) |
