| NILSSON | Throughout the 1950s and 1960s, who commanded the stage at Beyreuth as the leading Wagnerian soprano |
| NATIONALSERVICE | Peacetime conscription throughout the 1950s (8,7) |
| ARISTIDES | Athenian general and statesman ('the Just') who commanded the victorious Greek army against the Persians at the Battle of Plataea in 479 BC (9) |
| DRAKE | Sea captain and explorer who commanded the Golden Hind on the first English circumnavigation of the Earth (5) |
| AJARAIE | Who finished as the leading goal-scorer of the ISL reecently? (7) |
| ARMSTRONG | Astronaut who commanded the space mission that enabled him to become the first person to walk on the moon (9) |
| BRADLEY | Omar, soldier who commanded the US forces at the Normandy invasion (7) |
| MODS | Group in the 1960s who were rivals to Rockers and were noted for smart dress and riding motor scooters (4) |
| BEATNIK | Rebel of the 1950s and early 1960s who rejected conventional values (7) |
| SAHL | Mort on the cover of "Seriously Funny: The Rebel Comedians of the 1950s and 1960s" |
| EDMUNDOROS | Bandleader who popularised Latin American music in the UK in the 1950s and 1960s |
| SHACKLETON | The Avro ____ was a maritime patrol aircraft used by the RAF in the 1950s and 1960s |
| ILFORD | In the 1950s and 1960s the main British commercial rival to Kodak as makers of photographic film (6) |
| ANNERIE | Who ended as the leading run-scorer in the recently held women's ODI tri-series cricket tournament in Sri Lanka? (7) |
| TEZAAB | 1988 blockbuster film which launched Madhuri Dixit as the leading actress of the era |
| PLAYS | 13Ac. and 15Ac. Doesn't operate as the leading bowman (5,6,6) |
| VASEY | Who commanded the 7th Division of Australian troops in New Guinea fighting the Japanese in the Kokoda Track campaign during World War II? (5) |
| FRENCH | John ?, field marshal who commanded the British Expeditionary Force in France and Belgium from 1914-15 (6) |
| AGRIPPA | Marcus Vipsanius -; son-in-law of Augustus who commanded the fleet that defeated Mark Antony and Cleopatra (7) |
| BLUCHER | Field marshal who commanded the Prussian army against Napoleon at Waterloo (7) |
