| HOOKE | The English scientist who formulated the Law of Elasticity came from this village near Beaminster (5) |
| LITTLEWINDSOR | I read a young member of the Royal Family is to make an appearance in our tiny village near Beaminster (13) |
| ROBERTHOOKE | English scientist who formulated the law of elasticity (published 1678), which bears his name (6,5) |
| NETHERBURY | Top executive Ben is in a hurry -- he has just five minutes to travel to his destination near Beaminster (10) |
| ROBERT | Forename of either the polymath discoverer of the law of elasticity, the inventor of the Bunsen burner or the Royal Society co-founder regarded as the first modern chemist (6) |
| ISAACNEWTON | English philosopher and mathematician (1642-1727) who formulated the law of gravitation: 2 wds. |
| NERNST | Aspiring poet, later a Nobel Prizewinning scientist who formulated the third law of thermodynamics (6) |
| PROUST | Joseph Louis -; analytical chemist who formulated the law of definite proportions (6) |
| NEWTON | Sir Isaac who formulated the law of universal gravitation |
| ISAAC | Newton who formulated the law of universal gravitation |
| DOROTHYHODGKIN | English scientist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1964 for mapping the structure of vitamin B12 (7,7) |
| KEPLER | Astronomer who formulated the laws of orbital motion |
| TEARSFORFEARS | Shout came from this group as possible result of FT misprint? (5,3,5) |
| SPINNINGWHEEL | Yarn after yarn came from this machine of the Mahatma (8,5) |
| JENNER | Edward - - -, English scientist who was the first doctor to introduce and study the smallpox vaccine (6) |
| DALTON | John, English scientist who gave the first accurate description of colour blindness (6) |
| MANCHURIA | The last ruling dynasty of China originally came from this northern area |
| BELGAE | The name of a country which declared independence in 1830 came from this ancient tribal confederation |
| GALAXIE | The AC 428's 7.0-litre V8 came from this US Ford (7) |
| BARCELONA | Manuel the well-meaning waiter in Fawlty Towers came from this Spanish city |
