| GUYBURGESS | Member of the Cambridge Five spy ring who fled to Russia and died there in 1963 (3,7) |
| JANETFRAME | Author of An Angel at My Table, who was born in Dunedin in 1924 and died there in 2004 (5,5) |
| DONALD | Member of the Cambridge Five spy ring who died in 1983 (6,7) |
| MACLEAN | Member of the Cambridge Five spy ring who died in 1983 (7) |
| HESS | Nazi leader who was the last occupant of Berlin's Spandau Prison and died there in 1987 (4) |
| BIALYSTOK | City in East Poland that formerly belonged to Russia and Prussia (9) |
| BELARUS | Neighbor to Russia and Poland |
| ALLIGATOR | Born in the US, moved to Berlin, admired by Hitler, bombed by the Allies, rescued by the British, moved to Moscow, died there in 2020, aged 84. What animal was Saturn? (9) |
| CAIRNCROSS | Surname of the member of the Cambridge Five spy ring born in Lanarkshire (10) |
| PHILBY | British intelligence officer and double agent who was a member of the Cambridge Five spy ring (6) |
| PETERHOUSE | Oldest of the Cambridge colleges (10) |
| MARYSTUART | Scottish queen who fled to England and was executed 1587 (4,6) |
| PARKES | The 'Father of Federation', who lived in the Kenilworth house (and died there): Sir ..... ...... (5,6) |
| NEALE | Surname of the founder of the Cambridge Camden Society and author of many well-known hymns, including Jerusalem The Golden (5) |
| BOROMIR | Character in The Lord of the Rings who was the elder son of Denethor II, the last ruling Steward of Gondor |
| APOSTLES | Some of the 'Cambridge spies' were members of the university's secret society, formed in 1820 (with 12 members), The ___ (8) |
| LOT | Son of Haran (Genesis 11:27) who fled to the town of Zoar to escape the destruction of Sodom (Genesis 19) (3) |
| ACORN | Any one of the oak tree seeds represented on the coat of arms of the Duchess of Cambridge (5) |
| SAURON | Character in The Lord of the Rings who rules the land of Mordor (6) |
| TOLKIEN | J.R.R. ___ author of The Lord of the Rings who served in the British army during WWI |
