| DIRAC | Physicist who predicted the existence of the positron |
| OLIVERHEAVISIDE | English physicist who predicted the existence of an ionised gaseous layer in the upper atmosphere |
| BESSEL | Astronomer who predicted the existence of an eighth planet and was the first successfully to measure stellar parallax (6) |
| HIGGS | Peter ....., Nobel laureate who predicted the existence of his eponymous boson (5) |
| LEVERRIER | French mathematician who predicted the existence of Neptune (2,7) |
| ADAMS | Astronomer who predicted the existence and position of Neptune, using mathematical calculations (5) |
| PAULDIRAC | Nobel-winning physicist whose eponymous equation predicted the existence of antimatter |
| NAHUM | Minor prophet who predicted the destruction of Nineveh (5) |
| NETPROFIT | Bottom line for one who predicted the dot-com boom, it might be said (3,6) |
| APPLETON | Sir Edward Victor -; physicist awarded a Nobel Prize for proving the existence of the ionosphere (8) |
| PAULI | "Wolfgang" who postulated the existence of the tiny neutrinos or "ghost particles" that have no size (5) |
| OLDHAM | Richard, Dublinborn seismologist who established the existence of the Earth's core (6) |
| DIMPLE | Lied to your MP about the existence of the hollow? (6) |
| YOUBET | Game show in which celebs predicted the outcome of challenges, --- ---! (3,3) |
| FORESAW | Predicted the front part of a cutting tool |
| NOSTRADAMUS | 16th-century Frenchman who allegedly predicted the future |
| CASSANDRA | Woman who predicted different NASCAR ads (9) |
| AGABUS | Christian prophet who predicted a great famine (6) |
| WELLS | Sci-fi writer who predicted satellite television |
| VERNE | Author who predicted electric submarines 15 years before they were invented |
