| SOFTG | Start of George? |
| BOOLE | George ?, 19th-century Lincoln-born mathematician regarded as one of the founders of the field of computer science (5) |
| GALLUP | George ?, US founder of the American Institute of Public Opinion (6) |
| GROVE | George ?, editor of a famous Dictionary of Music and Musicians who died in 1900 (5) |
| GROSSMITH | George ?, author with brother Weedon of 1892 comic novel The Diary of a Nobody (9) |
| PAL | George ?, director of the films 7 Faces of Dr Lao, The Time Machine and tom thumb (3) |
| CHAPMAN | George ?, author of 1596 stage drama The Blind Beggar of Alexandria (7) |
| WALLACE | George ?, governor of Alabama, survivor of an assassination attempt in 1972, who died in 1998 (7) |
| RODNEY | George ?, British admiral; victor over the French in the Battle of the Saintes of 1782 |
| MEREDITH | George ?, author of novels Beauchamp's Career and The Ordeal of Richard Feverel |
| CAREY | George ?, Archbishop of Canterbury from 1991-2002 (5) |
| GENOME | Set of chromosomes contributed by George? No, Mervyn |
| GRATITUDE | Appreciation of view expressed by King George? (9) |
| ROBERTSON | George ?, Secretary General of NATO from 1999-2003 |
| REID | George ?, prime minister of Australia from 1904-05 |
| BUSH | George ?, president of the US from 1989-93 |
| OSBORNE | George ?, Chancellor of the Exchequer appointed in 2010 |
| APARTMENT | Accommodation of a point about Gilbert and George? |
| SAND | George? She wrote with firmness of character (4) |
| MCGOVERN | George ?, 1972 Democratic nominee for president of the United States (8) |
