| IMALLRIGHTJACK | Selfish expression upsetting tragical characters from H-M |
| ALAD | "When I Was ___" from "H.M.S. Pinafore" |
| THROWNOVERBOARD | Cast from H.M.S. Pinafore, perhaps (6,9) |
| SENDFORTH | Dispatch from H.Q. Means end for them. (4,5) |
| HOB | Heat source from H-bombs regularly |
| PETERANDTHEWOLF | Piece of music from H. Alpert we'd often played (5,3,3,4) |
| ELOI | Society of childlike adults from H. G. Wells' bestselling debut novel The Time Machine |
| FAUSTUS | Marlowe's 'The Tragical History of Doctor ___' |
| DOCTORFAUSTUS | The Tragical History of the Life and Death of ?, Elizabethan tragedy by Christopher Marlowe |
| MARLOWE | Christopher _, Elizabethan dramatist whose works included Tamburlaine The Great and The Tragical History Of Doctor Faustus (7) |
| TEDIOUSBRIEF | In 5.1, Theseus is given the choice of performances that will happen during the nuptials. One of them is "A ___ ___ scene of young Pyramus And his love Thisbe, very tragical mirth." |
| DOCTOR | The Tragical History of the Life and Death of -, Elizabethan tragedy by Christopher Marlowe (6,7) |
| TARS | Some background characters in "H.M.S. Pinafore" |
| HIS | What the H of H.M.S. may be |
| HER | The H in H.M.S., for much of the 20th century |
| BEAGLE | H.M.S. ___, ship associated with Charles Darwin (6) |
| MDS | H.M.O. figures |
| ESQ | Marquand's "H.M. Pulham, ___" |
| BOSUN | Bill Bobstay, on the H.M.S. Pinafore |
| TERRY | Would he attempt to embrace H.M.? |
