| TIPPETT | Michael -; composer whose oratorio A Child of Our Time was inspired by the events of 1938 that led up to Kristallnacht (7) |
| SUDAN | Country in which the effects of war and displacement led U.N. experts to warn of widespread famine (October, 2024) |
| PREFECT | Ford introduced in 1938 that survived until 1961 (7) |
| MICHAELTIPPETT | English composer whose works include the oratorio A Child of Our Time and the opera The Midsummer Marriage |
| RODRIGO | Blind from the age of three, a Spanish composer whose guitar concerto Concierto de Aranjuez was inspired by the scent of the magnolias in the gardens of the Royal Palace of Aranjuez (7) |
| HELICOPTER | Invention whose successful model was made by Igor Sikorsky that was inspired by the sci-fi novel Clipper of the Clouds by Jules Verne |
| FROISSART | Medieval historian whose Chronicles chart the events of the Hundred Years' War including the accession of Edward III, the Battle of Crecy and the Peasants' Revolt (9) |
| NYMAN | Michael, composer whose film scores include that for The Piano and The Draughtsman's Contract (5) |
| WINSTON | Surname of Robert, the doctor who has presented many BBC shows, including Your Life In Their Hands, Child Of Our Time and The Human Body (7) |
| ANDROMACHE | Athenian tragedy by Euripides that dramatises the heroine's life as a slave after the events of the Trojan War |
| SMEATON | Civil engineer whose revolutionary design of the third candlelit Eddystone lighthouse in Devon was inspired by the shape and strength of the oak tree (7) |
| RAMIN | Canadian stage musicals performer Mr. Karimloo who was inspired by the Toronto production of The Phantom of the Opera starring Colm Wilkinson |
| THOUSAND | Death By a ___ Cuts 2019 song by Taylor Swift that was inspired by the film Someone Great |
| LAD | A Child of Our Time's opening line (3) |
| BILBO | Hobbit who found the One Ring, setting in motion the events of The Lord of the Rings |
| OMI | Singer whose only hit was inspired by the time where I sheepishly admitted to him that I thought I h |
| TASER | Invention by Jack Cover that was inspired by the Tom Swift sci-fi series by Victor Appleton: Abbr. |
| BAD | ___ Moon Rising 1969 song by Creedence Clearwater Revival that was inspired by the film The Devil and Daniel Webster |
| DREAM | Moonlight (A Vampire's ___) 2011 song by Stevie Nicks that was inspired by The Twilight Saga series |
| ANNAL | A register of the events of the year by Anne and Albert |
