| RHS | The abbreviated name of a botanical society co-founded by Josiah Wedgwood's son, John (1,1,1) |
| HAY | Alfalfa, clover, ryegrass, timothy etc cut and dried as fodder; a country dance; or, the abbreviated name for the "town of books" that hosts an annual literary festival (3) |
| ISA | Abbreviated name of a type of tax-free savings account (3) |
| KEW | District in London that is home to a botanical garden boasting the largest living plant collection on Earth and a gallery of more than 800 paintings by Victorian artist and adventurer Marianne North ( |
| YMCA | The abbreviated name of a welfare movement that inspired a Village People anthem (1,1,1,1) |
| ACE | Abbreviated name of a former SR West Country express (1,1,1) |
| DNA | Abbreviated name of a double helix-shaped molecule carrying an organism's genetic code/material (3) |
| SIR | What respectful pupils might call 32A's son John Paul McQueen in Hollyoaks (3) |
| 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) |
| HOYS | Featuring the dramatic puissance competition, the abbreviated name of an annual event marking the end of the equestrian season (1,1,1,1) |
| STCROIX | The abbreviated name of the largest of the US Virgin Islands (2,5) |
| RNLI | Rescuing an average of 22 people per day, the abbreviated name of a charity that saves lives at sea (1,1,1,1) |
| TOILE | Cotton or linen dress fabric; dressmaker's test garment or "muslin"; or, the abbreviated name of a type of cloth printed with pastoral scenes or chinoiserie (5) |
| NAV | Half the abbreviated term for device that guides you (3) |
| HIS | "...he gave ___ only begotten Son" (John 3:16) |
| ORDER | Beland Honderich (publisher of the Star from 1966 to 1988) and his son John Honderich (publisher of the Star from 1994 to 2004) are both honoured (Beland, an Officer and John, a Member) in The ___ of |
| WEDGWOOD | Potter, abolitionist and inventor of the jasperware with which he replicated the Portland Vase whose son John was a founder of the Royal Horticultural Society (8) |
| PEMBO | Abbreviated name of a county that gave its name to a breed of Corgi, where Tenby and Marloes form part of one of the three Welsh national parks (5) |
| THEWALTONS | TV series about a family in the Blue Ridge Mountains, seen from the point of view of the oldest son, John Boy (3,7) |
| DARWIN | Josiah Wedgwood's grandson who was the naturalist on the five-year Beagle voyage and later published his theory of evolution in On the Origin of Species (6) |
