| COLT | Samuel _, 19th-century American inventor (4) |
| PLIMSOLL | Samuel ___, 19th-century British politician after whom the load line on a ship is named (8) |
| BAKER | Samuel ___, 19th-century English explorer who named Lake Albert in Africa (5) |
| OTIS | Elisha _, 19th-century American inventor who installed the first passenger elevator (4) |
| HOOD | Thomas ___, 19th-century British poet/humourist; or Samuel ___, 18th/19th-century British admiral (4) |
| BARNUM | P.T. _, 19th-century American showman and circus founder (6) |
| EMERSON | Ralph _ _, 19th-century American writer, philosopher and transcendentalist (5,7) |
| WALDO | Ralph _ _, 19th-century American writer, philosopher and transcendentalist (5,7) |
| DICKINSON | Emily _, 19th-century American poet whose works include Hope Is The Thing With Feathers (9) |
| MELVILLE | Herman _, 19th-century American novelist and short-story writer famous for his 1851 novel Moby-dick (8) |
| ETOO | Samuel ___, Everton striker who moved from Chelsea this year (4) |
| LAWS | Samuel ___, inventor of the stock ticker |
| WEST | Actor who plays Siegfried Farnon in All Creatures Great And Small, Samuel _ (4) |
| JOSHBILLINGS | The pseudonym of 19th-century American humorist Henry Wheeler Shaw (4,8) |
| BINGHAM | 19th-century American artist |
| EHOREAU | Henry David ---, 19th Century American writer (7) |
| THOREAU | Henry David ---, 19th Century American writer (7) |
| ALCOTT | 19th-century American author, louisa May ___ |
| ASTOR | Wealthy 19th century American family |
| ERAOF | ___ Good Feelings (19th-century American period) |
