| SAMUELJOHNSON | Lexicographer whose Dictionary was first published in 1755 (6,7) |
| JOHNSON | Samuel, English writer whose A Dictionary Of The English Language was published in 1755 (7) |
| BREWERS | Whose "Dictionary of Phrase and Fable" is that? |
| WEBSTER | Noah whose dictionary argued that "tongue" should be spelled "tung" |
| PREDICTIONARY | Word that could mean "before Samuel Johnson's 1755 book" or "related to fortunetelling" |
| DOH | Cartoon catchphrase included in the New Oxford Dictionary of English when it was first published in 1998 |
| BEETON | Isabella ___, cook whose Book of Household Management was first published in 1861 (6) |
| MAPLELEAFRAG | Scott Joplin piano composition whose sheet music was first published in 1899 |
| VIENNA | City in which Marie Antoinette was born in 1755 (6) |
| DICKENS | His novel Oliver Twist was first published in monthly instalments in the magazine, Bentley's Miscell |
| THEFINAL | Sherlock Holmes story by Arthur Conan Doyle that was first published in the Strand Magazine in December 1893 (3,5,7) |
| PROBLEM | Sherlock Holmes story by Arthur Conan Doyle that was first published in the Strand Magazine in December 1893 (3,5,7) |
| FRESCOBALDI | Girolamo ___, Italian organist and composer whose best known work, the collection Fiori musicali, was first published in 1635 (11) |
| CARRIE | ****** Fisher, US actress whose novel 'Postcards from the Edge' was first published in 1987 (6) |
| HUGH | Playboy magazine was first published in December 1953 by ... Hefner |
| STAGE | The -, theatre industry periodical that was first published in 1880 (5) |
| HOPI | Language whose first dictionary was published in 1998 |
| ANISETTE | Clear aniseed-flavoured liqueur similar to pastis, first produced commercially in France in 1755 (8) |
| LAREDO | City in southern Texas (pop 260,000), founded in 1755 (6) |
| MARINE | Naval based infantryman, first stationed on British ships in 1755 (6) |
