| NICHOLS | Peter ?, author of 1969 stage play The National Health, or Nurse Norton's Affair (7) |
| PUZO | Mario ?, author of 1969 novel The Godfather (4) |
| NEWBY | P H ?, author of 1969 inaugural Booker Prize-winning novel Something to Answer For (5) |
| ACKROYD | Peter ?, author of novels Chatterton and The Lambs of London (7) |
| SHAFFER | Peter ?, author of stage plays Equus and Amadeus (7) |
| ANEURIN | Mr. Bevan, British Labour politician who introduced the National Health Service in 1948 (7) |
| BOESMAN | 1969 stage play by Athol Fugard (7) |
| ANDLENA | 1969 stage play by Athol Fugard (3,4) |
| LOVESEY | Peter ?, author of novels Rough Cider and Wobble to Death |
| SISTERS | Siblings who become nuns or nurses (7) |
| BEVAN | Which British Labour Minister for Health introduced the National Insurance Act (1946) and the National Health Service act (1948), setting up the NHS? (5) |
| NYE | Popular name of the founder of the National Health Service (3) |
| WEISS | Peter ?, author of the stage works The Investigation and Marat/Sade (5) |
| BARNES | Peter ?, author of stage plays Red Noses and The Ruling Class |
| CLEMENTATTLEE | British Prime Minister after World War lI who created the National Health Service (7,6) |
| PLAY | 1969 stage play with a protagonist called Allan Felix (4,2,5,3) |
| ITAGAINSAM | 1969 stage play with a protagonist called Allan Felix (4,2,5,3) |
| BLATTY | William Peter ?, author of 1971 novel The Exorcist (6) |
| MEDICARE | Name the national health insurance programme for all Australians (8) |
| NYEBEVAN | Minister who introduced the National Health Service (3,5) |
