| ROBERTWALPOLE | Politician, born 1676, generally regarded as the first de facto British Prime Minister (6,7) |
| COSIMO | ___ de' Medici, first de facto Lord of Florence |
| WALPOLE | Robert ---, statesman generally regarded as the first prime minister of Great Britain (7) |
| URSULAANDRESS | Actress widely regarded as the first "Bond girl" |
| COLLINS | Author of The Woman in White, No Name and Poor Miss Finch whose book The Moonstone is generally regarded as the first detective novel (7) |
| SHABBETHILEVI | Sephardic rabbi from Smyrna who claimed to be the long-awaited Jewish Messiah (1626-1676) |
| SADDAMHUSSEIN | Iraqi politician born in 1937 (6,7) |
| GETTYSBURG | Battle generally regarded as the turning point of the Civil War |
| IBSEN | Surname of the Norwegian dramatist, generally regarded as the father of modern theatre (5) |
| KARLBENZ | German engineer generally regarded as the inventor of the petrol-powered automobile (4,4) |
| TRIPLEHARP | One of the names used for what is generally regarded as the national musical instrument of Wales (6,4) |
| IQBAL | Indian political leader generally regarded as the originator of Pakistan (5) |
| NILE | Which river is generally regarded as the world's longest? (4) |
| NIGEL | Richards who is generally regarded as the best Scrabble player of all time |
| ROBERT | Forename of either the polymath discoverer of the law of elasticity, the inventor of the Bunsen burner or the Royal Society co-founder regarded as the first modern chemist (6) |
| SIDEKICK | Close companion generally regarded as a subordinate to the person he accompanies (8) |
| INFANCY | The period between birth and learning to talk is generally regarded as a child's what? (7) |
| ARCHILOCHUS | Greek poet regarded as the first of the lyric poets (11) |
| GOURAS | Pigeons generally regarded as safe besetting man in East London |
| GROUNDSEL | Tall plant, Senecio vulgaris, generally regarded as a weed (9) |
