| WHAUDEN | Which English-born poet won the Pulitzer Prize in 1948 with "The Age of Anxiety"? (1,1,5) |
| WBYEATS | This Irish poet won the Nobel prize for Literature in 1923 (1,1,5) |
| AUDEN | Poet awarded a Pulitzer Prize in 1948 for The Age of Anxiety (5) |
| ADELE | British singer with the age-related albums "19" and "21" |
| REDSHOES | Ballet movie of 1948, with "The" |
| PALEFACE | Bob Hope movie of 1948 (with "The") |
| DDT | Swiss chemist Paul Hermann Muller was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1948 for the discovery of the insecticidal properties of this controversial chemical (1,1,1) |
| GENEVA | The World Health Organisation was established in 1948 with its headquarters in this Swiss city |
| WAGSTAFF | Which English-born Australian entertainer, who lent his suave style to advertising cigarettes, last toured as the narrator of The Rocky Horror Show in 1987? (8) |
| NORDEN | Writers Denis ... and Frank Muir introduced a new radio experience in 1948 with their show featuring The Glums, Take It From Here |
| RODDYMCDOWALL | Which English-born US actor appeared in The Poseidon Adventure (1972) |
| THEROAD | Cormac McCarthy won the Pulitzer Prize in 2006 for this post-apocalyptic tale of a father and son (3 |
| ROETHKE | Theodore ___, American poet awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1954 for his book The Waking |
| WHARTON | Edith -; novelist awarded the 1921 Pulitzer Prize in Literature for The Age of Innocence (7) |
| EDITH | ___ Wharton The Age of Innocence novelist and the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize in Literature |
| EUDORAWELTY | American author whose novel The Optimist's Daughter won the Pulitzer Prize in 1973 (6,5) |
| SNIFTER | Playing partners provided short term solution for anxiety? |
| TENSION | Anxiety? One isn't flustered (7) |
| CONCERN | Business anxiety? (7) |
| FEARFUL | Female facing reprimand is showing anxiety? (7) |
