| THREEMAYKEEPA | Start of a maxim published in 1735 |
| LETAFOOL | Part 1 of a maxim by Publilius Syrus, hinted at by the series of circled letters |
| AXIOMATIC | Self-evident or indisputably true; of the nature of a maxim (9) |
| SPEAKNOEVIL | Third part of a maxim |
| HERCULANEUM | In 79 CE, Vesuvius erupts and buries multiple cities, killing thousands of inhabitants. In 1735, Marcello Venuti identifies this site as the lost city of what? |
| DARBYANDJOAN | Which expression for a devoted elderly couple was taken from a ballad written by Henry Woodfall in 1735? (5,3,4) |
| KIROV | A Russian ballet company, founded in 1735 (5) |
| APPENDECTOMY | Common surgical procedure first done in 1735 |
| MOTTO | Phrase accompanying a coat of arms; or, a maxim or scrap of verse in a fortune cookie or paper cracker (5) |
| EARLYTORISE | Part of a 1735 statement |
| WHEEL | 'Who breaks a butterfly upon a ___?' (Alexander Pope, An Epistle to Dr Arbuthnot (1735) |
| PAULREVERE | Patriot in the American Revolution known for a midnight ride born on January 1, 1735 |
| STE | ___ Genevieve (French settlement of 1735) |
| ADAMS | John ___ ( 1735 - 1826), the second president of the USA ( 5) |
| SHARP | Granville ___(1735-1813), biblical scholar who was an early campaigner for the abolition of slavery (5) |
| REVERE | Paul --, 1735-1818, American patriot (6) |
| MORAL | From "custom, manners", word for ethical, good or right; a maxim; or, a lesson drawn from a fable or life (5) |
| LESS | More, in a maxim |
| WORM | Reward in a maxim |
| APHORISM | Partial metaphor is misplaced in a maxim |
