| ETRURIA | Name of the factory built by Josiah Wedgwood in 1769 (7) |
| JASPERWARE | A fine hard porcelain introduced by Josiah Wedgwood in 1775 (10) |
| AJACCIO | Corsican city in which Napoleon Bonaparte was born in 1769 (7) |
| RICHARD | British cotton manufacturer who patented the spinning frame in 1769 (7) |
| BURSLEM | A town of Stoke-on-Trent and the birthplace of the pottery designer Josiah Wedgwood (7) |
| CORSICA | Island on which Napoleon was born in 1769 (7) |
| MANTARA | A factory-built Marcos released in 1992 (7) |
| DEBRETT | Bookseller who wrote the 1769 "who's who" of aristocratic titles The Peerage and Baronetage; his name is synonymous with British etiquette (7) |
| BOULTON | Lunar Society co-founder who met contemporaries including Josiah Wedgwood, Joseph Priestley and business partner James Watt during the full moon (7) |
| PONTIAC | Chief of the Ottawa Indians, died 1769 (7) |
| GEORGIA | Which US state was named after the British king, 1683-1769? (7) |
| JASPER | A variety of quartz; or, a short word for the often pale blue stoneware perfected by Josiah Wedgwood (6) |
| CREAMWARE | Type of pottery perfected by Josiah Wedgwood (9) |
| BASALT | Igneous rock occurring as natural glass; or, black stoneware perfected by Josiah Wedgwood (6) |
| PEARLWARE | Fine glazed pottery, typically white, introduced by Josiah Wedgwood (9) |
| JAMES | Scottish engineer and inventor who patented 'A new method of lessening the consumption of steam and fuel in fireengines' in 1769 (5) |
| WATT | Scottish engineer and inventor who patented 'A new method of lessening the consumption of steam and fuel in fireengines' in 1769 (4) |
| DEBRETTSPEERAGE | Compendium of British noble families, first published in 1769 (8,7) |
| REYNOLDS | English portrait painter and founder of the Royal Academy, knighted in 1769 (8) |
| RHS | The abbreviated name of a botanical society co-founded by Josiah Wedgwood's son, John (1,1,1) |
