| MAINE | Ship in 1898 headlines |
| USSMAINE | Ship in 1898 headlines |
| THRESHERS | Off-licence chain founded in London in 1898 that was acquired by Flowers Breweries in 1957 (9) |
| MOORE | Sculptor born in Castleford in 1898 |
| HENRYMOORE | English sculptor born in Castleford in 1898 |
| SANJUAN | Hill in the news in 1898 |
| ENZO | Car designer and manufacturer born in Modena, Italy in 1898 (4,7) |
| FERRARI | Motor-racing driver and sports car manufacturer born in Modena in 1898 |
| INLET | The first mechanically-operated ----- valve was reputedly used by Gipsy in their first car prototype in 1898 (5) |
| ENZOFERRARI | Car designer and manufacturer born in Modena, Italy in 1898 |
| GUAM | Largest and southernmost of the Mariana Islands in the N Pacific, ceded to the US by Spain in 1898 (4) |
| MUSKOGEE | Small city in Oklahoma (pop about 40,000), founded in 1898 (8) |
| LUGER | Semi-automatic pistol first patented in Germany in 1898 (5) |
| RITZ | The first hotel with this name opened in Paris in 1898 |
| REIGATE | Small town in Surrey (pop 22,000), with a fort built in 1898 (7) |
| HAWAII | Former kingdom that became the 50th U.S. state in 1959; these volcanic islands were annexed by the U.S. in 1898. (6) |
| NEON | Fifth most abundant element in the universe, discovered by British chemists William Ramsay and Morris Travers in 1898 (4) |
| FIELDS | Gracie, actress and music hall star born in Rochdale in 1898 (6) |
| GUGGENHEIM | Peggy, art collector born in 1898 who founded an art museum in Venice (10) |
| KATHEKOLLWITZ | In 1898, after her Weavers cycle, who did Kaiser Wilhelm II refuse to grant a gold medal in art, even when her peers had chosen her to be the recipient? (5,8) |
