| BARNARDO | Thomas John -, 1845-1905, Irish philanthropist (8) |
| WORTHING | West Sussex station opened in 1845 on the Brighton & Chichester Railway (8) |
| THERAVEN | Poem by Edgar Allan Poe published in 1845 (3,5) |
| IZINGARI | Wandering amatuer cricket club, founded in 1845 by three Old Harrovians (1,7) |
| ROBERTFLEMING | Dundee financier and philanthropist (1845 - 1933) |
| TYLER | John --, President of the United States from 1841 to 1845 (5) |
| HOOD | Thomas ___ (1799 - 1845), London-born poet, best known for The Bridge of Sighs (4) |
| MERIMEE | Prosper ___, French author of the 1845 novella Carmen (1845), on which Bizet's opera was based (7) |
| JOHNFRANKLIN | Rear admiral who led an expedition to the Northwest Passage in 1845 (4,8) |
| EXPEDITIONSHIPS | Canadian Arctic, 1845... HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, to British naval officer Sir John Franklin: 2 wds. |
| POLK | James K ___, US President from 1845-49 (4) |
| FRY | Elizabeth ?, English prison reformer who died in 1845 (3) |
| LINDT | Swiss chocolatier since 1845 |
| EREBUS | Ship of the 1845 Franklin Expedition |
| STEAMSHIPLINES | CSL = Canada ___ ___ (Montreal headquartered shipping company founded in 1845) |
| TONGA | Country ruled only by kings named Tupou since 1845 |
| TANNHAUSER | Opera in three acts by Richard Wagner (1845) |
| TEXAS | It became a state in 1845 |
| POE | He penned "The Raven" in 1845 |
| PUTNEY | London starting place of the University Boat Race since 1845 (6) |
