| LISEMEITNER | Physicist born in 1878 noted for her role in the discovery of nuclear fission (4,7) |
| CORI | First woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for her role in the discovery of the course of the catalytic conversion of glycogen (surname only) |
| HEWISH | Radio astronomer awarded a Nobel Prize in Physics for his role in the discovery of pulsars (6) |
| CHEVROLET | US car named after a Swiss-born racecar driver born in 1878 (9) |
| AUGUSTUS | _____ John, Welsh painter and etcher born in 1878 (8) |
| PANCHO | ____ Villa, Mexican revolutionary general born in 1878 (6) |
| FLORAROBSON | Actress Dame ____ was noted for her role in Captain Brassbound's Conversion in 1948 |
| EINSTEINIUM | An element discovered in 1952 and named after a physicist born in Ulm in Germany (11) |
| DIGGORYVENN | Reddleman in 1878 Thomas Hardy novel The Return of the Native |
| MARTINBUBER | Religious philosopher and biblical translator born in Vienna in 1878 (6,5) |
| PANCHOVILLA | Mexican revolutionary general born Jose Doroteo Arango Arambula in 1878 (6,5) |
| MARLENEDIETRICH | Actress born in Berlin in 1901 noted for her role in the musical film The Blue Angel (7,8) |
| RAYLEIGH | 3rd Baron -; title of John Strutt, scientist awarded the 1904 Nobel Prize in Physics with William Ramsay for his part in the discovery of argon (8) |
| MOREAU | Jeanne, French actress born in 1928 noted for her roles in French New Wave films of the 1960s (6) |
| DNA | Nobel prizewinner for medicine Maurice Wilkins was a pioneer in the discovery of this structure of l |
| SODDY | Chemist who developed the theory of isotopes and assisted William Ramsay in the discovery of helium (5) |
| SIGNORET | Simone, French actress noted for her role as the jilted older woman in the 1958 film Room at the Top (8) |
| MEITNER | Lise __, Austrian-born Swedish physicist who formulated the concept of nuclear fission with her nephew, Otto Frisch (7) |
| KEITH | Penelope -; actress noted for her roles in The Good Life, To the Manor Born and a television adaptation of Noel Coward's Private Lives (5) |
| WEIR | Arabella ___, comedian born in 1957 noted for her roles in The Fast Show (4) |
