| PILTDOWNMAN | Postulated species of hominid whose remains, found in Sussex in 1912, were later exposed as fake |
| JIMTHORPE | US track-and-field star whose gold medals from 1912 were revoked but restored posthumously in 1983: |
| ADULATE | Dual ('dual' in translation) later exposed (7) |
| HUMANS | Leaders of hominids, usually making a nuisance somewhere? (6) |
| IGUANODON | Large bipedal herbivorous dinosaur of the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, reportedly discovered in Sussex in 1822 (9) |
| RYE | Kind of whisky found in Sussex town (3) |
| LEWES | Many sheep will be found in Sussex (5) |
| MAN | Fossilised remains of a hominid discovered in East Sussex in 1912 shown to be a hoax in 1953 (8,3) |
| PILTDOWN | Fossilised remains of a hominid discovered in East Sussex in 1912 shown to be a hoax in 1953 (8,3) |
| CRO | ___-Magnon man (early Homo sapiens whose remains were first found in France in 1868) |
| GUEVARA | Che ___, revolutionary whose remains are in a mausoleum in Santa Clara in Cuba |
| TRUG | Loss of old husband from depression: remains found in garden receptacle (4) |
| MARS | Long straight lines in the equatorial regions of this planet were erroneously thought to be canals by late-19th-century astronomers. They were later proved to be optical illusions. |
| DINOSAUR | This site is a provincial park in the badlands of southeastern Alberta that is known for its extensive fossil beds. It shares its name with the ancient reptiles whose remains have been found there. It |
| XANTHUS | Chief city of ancient Lycia taken by the Romans whose remains lie in present-day Turkey (7) |
| WOOLLYMAMMOTH | Large extinct animal whose remains are often found in Siberia (6,7) |
| CENOTAPH | A monument built to honour people whose remains are interred elsewhere or whose remains cannot be recovered (8) |
| LEFTOVERS | Remains found in sinister elements of test? (9) |
| THRASHOUT | Fully discuss much of the remains found in tank (6,3) |
| MASHED | Crushed and burnt remains found in possession of medium (6) |
