| DRYDEN | Writer of the 1687 poem The Hind and the Panther (6) |
| NURSE | ' The priest continues what the ___ began' (John Dryden The Hind and the Panther (1687) |
| ISAACNEWTON | Author of the 1687 work The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy |
| NASH | Poet who wrote "The Cow" and "The Panther" |
| NEWTON | Scientist whose magnum opus Principia was published by the Royal Society with the help of Edmond Halley in 1687 and remains one of the world's most influential works (6) |
| TREPAN | Most of the panther is in the snare (6) |
| INSTEP | In horses, the hind leg from the ham to the pastern joint (6) |
| BIGTOE | The innermost digit of the hind foot (3,3) |
| THESEA | Booker Prize-winning novel by Irish author John Banville (2005) adapted as a film with Ciaran Hinds and Charlotte Rampling in 2013 (3,3) |
| PRANCE | Related to "lively spirited horse" and "in full splendour", word meaning bound from the hind legs, high-step or spring, as in the aforesaid pony or steed; or, to caper, cavort, frisk, gambol, skip or |
| REARED | Rose on to the hind legs (6) |
| REARUP | Stand on the hind legs, as a horse |
| GOOSES | Pokes or pinches the hind quarters |
| UDDER | The mammary gland of female cattle, sheep, goats, horses, and related animals, having two or more teats and hanging between the hind legs of the animal |
| LEOPARD | Large spotted cat of Africa and Asia also called the panther (7) |
| THISTLE | Order of the ___ , Scottish order of knighthood instituted by James II and VII in 1687 (7) |
| HOCK | Joint in the hind leg of a horse between the gaskin and the cannon bone |
| PINK | Peter Sellers and David Niven 1964 film comedy, The ---- Panther (4) |
| NELL | Actress and mistress of Charles II who died in 1687 (4,4) |
| NELLGWYN | Actress and mistress of Charles II who died in 1687 (4,4) |
