| THOMSON | William ___ (1824 - 1907), Belfast-born physicist, knighted in 1866 (7) |
| NEWTON | Isaac, English mathematician and physicist knighted by Queen Anne in 1705 (6) |
| SMETANA | Bedrich ___ (1824 - 94), a Czech composer who created the opera, The Bartered Bride (7) |
| NINTH | Beethoven's ___ (1824 Vienna debut) |
| BRANAGH | Kenneth, Belfast-born actor/ director who co-founded the Renaissance Theatre Company in 1987 (7) |
| CORBETT | James J., U.S. heavyweight boxer born in 1866 whose nickname was Gentleman Jim (7) |
| ROTBLAT | Sir Joseph, Polish-born physicist noted as a critic of nuclear weapons (7) |
| TORPEDO | Robert Whitehead invented what weapon in 1866? (7) |
| STAPLER | Item of office equipment first patented in 1866 (7) |
| BREYERS | Ice cream brand introduced in 1866 |
| BROOKES | Which English educator tried to revive the Olympic Games, ultimately successfully holding the British Olympiad in 1866? (surname only) |
| JAMES | Belfast-born flautist knighted in 2001 (5,6) |
| GALWAY | Belfast-born flautist knighted in 2001 (5,6) |
| JAMESGALWAY | Belfast-born flautist knighted in 2001 |
| ENRICOFERMI | Italian-born physicist, winner of Nobel Prize in Physics in 1938 |
| PATRICKKIELTY | Belfast-born TV presenter and husband of Cat Deeley (7,6) |
| RINDS | Ciaran _, Belfast-born Woman In Black star (5) |
| CIARAN | Belfast-born actor whose films include The Woman In Black, _ Hinds (6) |
| KEENAN | Brian, Belfast-born teacher kidnapped by the Islamic Dawn Organisation in 1986 (6) |
| KARNO | Fred ___, music-hall impresario born Frederick John Westcott in Exeter, Devon, in 1866 (5) |