| COOKE | Sir William Fothergill -; inventor of the five-needle telegraph system with his partner Charles Wheatstone (5) |
| SHEAVED | Bundled, as whea |
| SAMUELMORSE | Pioneer of the electric telegraph system and the dots-and-dashes communication system used on it (6, |
| ARTDECO | Ant having a change of heart with his partner over style (3,4) |
| BRAMBLEBUSH | Thorny subject of Blair's initial meandering discourse with his partner in crime |
| OYIBSAN | Winner of 2024's Love Island with his partner Mimii Ngulube (4,7) |
| JOSH | Winner of 2024's Love Island with his partner Mimii Ngulube (4,7) |
| JOSHOYINSAN | Winner of 2024's Love Island with his partner Mimii Ngulube (4,7) |
| TARPAULIN | Strong material Art composed with his partner's all the rage |
| MARCONI | Italian inventor best known for his development of a radio telegraph system (7) |
| EDEN | Garden of ___ (where 42d walked along with his partner) |
| ADAM | He fell out of sympathy with his partner |
| DATENIGHT | Gent had it prepared for special meal with his partner (4,5) |
| DAVIDE | _ Sanclimenti, won 2022's Love Island with his partner Ekin-Su Culculoglu (6) |
| CLYDEBARROW | Notorious criminal killed with his partner in 1934 |
| RORY | _ Douglas-Speed, Hollyoaks cast member who welcomed a second son this year with his partner and former co-star Nadine Mulkerrin (4) |
| DEC | Reality TV presenter along with his partner Ant (3) |
| CODED | Forming part of a telegraph system nicknamed the "Victorian Internet", code in which messages are spelled out in dots and dashes, or, dits and dahs (5) |
| WILTON | - House; situated in Wiltshire near the confluence of the rivers Wylye and Nadder, seat of the Earls of Pembroke since its granting by Henry VIII to Sir William Herbert in 1544 (6) |
| OSLER | Medical educator Sir William who wrote: "One of the first duties of the physician is to educate the |
