| THENORTH | Victorious side in 1865 |
| ABELINCOLN | Born in a one-room cabin in Kentucky, this lawyer was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth in 1865 (3,7) |
| HSBC | UK financial institution founded in Asia in 1865 |
| CORNELL | Ivy League university founded in 1865 in Ithaca (7) |
| HOPEMAN | Seaside village in Moray (pop about 1,750), founded in 1865) (7) |
| MATTERHORN | "King of Mountains" rising to 4,478 m, first climbed by Edward Whymper in 1865, resulting in the death of four of his crew on the way back down (10) |
| WILKESBOOTH | John - - - - - -, actor who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln in Washington in 1865 (6,5) |
| ANDERSON | Elizabeth Garrett _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ , the first woman in the UK to qualify as a professional doctor in 1865 (8) |
| CELLULOSE | Synthetic compound, first prepared in 1865, used in the manufacture of textile fibres, photographic films, varnishes etc. (9,7) |
| ACETATE | Synthetic compound, first prepared in 1865, used in the manufacture of textile fibres, photographic films, varnishes etc. (9,7) |
| YALELOCK | Security device patented in its best-known form in 1865 |
| JOHNWILKESBOOTH | U.S. actor who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln in Washington DC in 1865 (4,6,5) |
| CARROLL | He wrote Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, which was published in 1865. |
| ULSTER | ____ University, academic institution in Northern Ireland founded as Magee College in 1865 (6) |
| DANVILLE | City in Virginia that served as the final capital of the Confederacy in 1865 (8) |
| STETSON | Brand of hat founded in 1865 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (7) |
| PALMERSTON | Lord, last British prime minister to die in office in 1865 (10) |
| LEE | He surrendered to Grant in 1865 |
| ABRAHAM | US president assassinated in 1865 (7,7) |
| LINCOLN | US president assassinated in 1865 (7,7) |
