| APOSTLE | Which term describes a pioneer of any great moral reform (7) |
| APOSTLES | Pioneers of great moral reform sat poles apart |
| THEME | Feature of any great athlete |
| CLASSIC | Girl appearing in first part of Cicero, or any great writer (7) |
| MAESTRO | Which term describes a master of any art (7) |
| TEMPEST | From the Latin for "time, season", a violent storm, such as that conjured up by Shakespeare's master magician Prospero; or, by extension, any great commotion, tumult or uproar (7) |
| IONESCO | Eugene, dramatist born in Romania and a pioneer of the Theatre of the Absurd (7) |
| ECHELON | Which term describes a level of command (7) |
| TERRAIN | Which term describes a tract of land (7) |
| SUBSIDY | Which term describes a grant or contribution of money (7) |
| ACREAGE | Which term describes a large allotment of rural land (7) |
| IMPASSE | Which term describes a position from which there is no escape (7) |
| KEROUAC | Jack, American writer, a pioneer of the beat generation, d. 1969 (7) |
| ELECTOR | Which term describes a person who votes (7) |
| NEONATE | Which term describes a newborn child (7) |
| UTOPIAN | Which term describes a visionary or an idealist (7) |
| RECLUSE | Which term describes a person who lives apart from society (7) |
| AMATEUR | Which term describes a non-professional person (7) |
| GENETIC | Which term describes a relationship to origin (7) |
| PIEBALD | Which term describes a white horse with black patches (7) |