| BIOCHEMIST | Scientist and actress Juliette, dropping point, acquires condensation (10) |
| ASTRONOMER | Scientist and epicure missing grand opening of restaurant (10) |
| WHEATSTONE | Charles --, English scientist and inventor (1802-75) (10) |
| DEMOCRITUS | A Greek scientist and philosopher (c460 - 370 BC) (10) |
| SWEDENBORG | Emanuel, Swedish scientist and theologian who died in 1772 (10) |
| ROGERBACON | English philosopher, scientist and Franciscan friar (c. 1220-92) known as Doctor Mirabilis (5,5) |
| CHRISTIE | 25 15 Switzerland move to higher position - though dropping point with a draw |
| APOLOGIST | Defender dropping point at end of a game |
| FEATHEREDFRIEND | Winger disheartened dropping point - ref f----- hopeless |
| LEONARDO | Italian painter and sculptor and engineer and scientist and architect. |
| LEWIS | Starsky %26 Hutch actress, Juliette ... |
| BINOCHE | Acclaimed French actress, Juliette _ (7) |
| CHUTE | Dropping point? |
| VYING | In competition, begrudging dropping points at first (5) |
| CPSNOW | British scientist and author of "Strangers and Brothers" |
| LEACOCK | Canadian teacher, political scientist and humorist whose comic works include Literary Lapses and Frenzied Fiction (7,7) |
| STEPHEN | Canadian teacher, political scientist and humorist whose comic works include Literary Lapses and Frenzied Fiction (7,7) |
| WINSTON | Scientist and presenter of BBC documentaries including The Human Body and ongoing Child of Our Time (7) |
| DEWAR | Scientist and violinist whose work in cryogenics enabled him to invent the vacuum flask that was later renamed and patented for commercial use by Thermos (5) |
| VOLTAIRE | Anger pursues Italian scientist and French writer (8) |
