| ROBERTWALPOLE | Sir -- --, 1st Earl of Orford, 1676-1745, first British Prime Minister (6,7) |
| WALPOLE | Sir Robert --, 1676-1745, 1st Earl of Orford (7) |
| ALDEBURGH | Suffolk coastal town north of Orford Ness (9) |
| JOSHUAREYNOLDS | Sir -- --, first president of the Royal Academy (6,8) |
| RISOTTO | Dish up to sir first (7) |
| SHABBETHILEVI | Sephardic rabbi from Smyrna who claimed to be the long-awaited Jewish Messiah (1626-1676) |
| BANKOFENGLAND | Financial institution founded in 1694 by Charles Montagu, first earl of Halifax (4,2,7) |
| JONATHANSWIFT | Irish satirist, poet and cleric (1667-1745) (8,5) |
| DISRAELI | First British Prime Minister from a Jewish background (8) |
| MELBOURNE | Viscount, titled politician who served as the first British prime minister in Queen Victoria's reign (9) |
| AVON | 1st Earl of_, title of Anthony Eden, prime minister of the UK 1955-57 (4) |
| ORE | Name of the final section of the River Alde in Suffolk, from just above Orford to the sea |
| HAROLD | British Prime Minister, later 1st Earl of Stockton (6,9) |
| MACMILLAN | British Prime Minister, later 1st Earl of Stockton (6,9) |
| BALDWIN | British prime minister who became the 1st Earl of Bewdley (7) |
| ANTHONYEDEN | The 1st Earl of Avon and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1955-1957 (7,4) |
| STOCKTON | 1st Earl of -; title of former Conservative prime minister Harold Macmillan (8) |
| HOTSPUR | Harry ?, nickname of Sir Henry Percy, son of the 1st Earl of Northumberland |
| ANTHONY | --- Eden, 1st Earl of Avon and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1955-57 (7) |
| OX | Nickname of 2008 NRL Dally M medallist Matt Orford (2) |
