| WHEATLEY | Phillis who in 1773 became the first published AfricanAmerican poet |
| ANGELOU | AfricanAmerican poet Maya |
| ROB | Mr Phillis, Australian Superbike Champion who competed in WSB in the early 1990s. (3) |
| PAGE | One of 1,225 in the first published edition of "War and Peace" |
| ELDER | Lee ....., first AfricanAmerican golfer to play in the US Masters (5) |
| PIE | The bean ___ is a custard dessert popular in the AfricanAmerican Muslim community |
| MAE | *___ Jamison, the first AfricanAmerican woman in space |
| JOSEPHANDREWS | The first published full-length novel by Henry Fielding |
| ANDREWS | Joseph ___, the first published full-length novel by Henry Fielding |
| NORTH | Translator of Plutarch's Lives; Tory prime minister in office when the Tea Act was passed in 1773; or, South's partner in bridge(5) |
| ONEIL | Buck ___, first AfricanAmerican coach in Major League Baseball |
| MCDANIEL | Hattie - - -, the first AfricanAmerican to win an Academy Award (8) |
| HALLEBERRY | First AfricanAmerican to win the Oscar for Best Actress |
| DANDRIDGE | Dorothy ___, AfricanAmerican performer nominated for the Best Actress Oscar in 1955 (9) |
| BOSTONTEAPARTY | Raid which took place in an American harbour in 1773 (6,3,5) |
| MARSALA | Dark sweet or dry wine fortified with brandy, originating in Sicily in 1773 (7) |
| STOOPS | She ____ to Conquer, comic play by Oliver Goldsmith first performed in 1773 (6) |
| TEA | Stuff steeped in Boston Harbor in 1773 |
| THY | "Imagination! who can sing ___ force?": Phillis Wheatley |
| GREEN | Viggo Mortensen plays a bouncer hired to drive a world-class AfricanAmerican pianist on tour in the comedy-drama ___ Book (5) |
