| BOERS | Zulu foes of 1838 |
| OLIVER | 1960 musical based on a Charles Dickens novel of 1838 (6) |
| DARLING | Grace ?, occupant of Longstone Lighthouse famous for her 1838 rescue of survivors from steamboat Forfarshire |
| CHARTISTS | Supporters of the principles of the reform movement in England from 1838 to 1848 (9) |
| ERNSTMACH | Austrian physicist and philosopher (1838-1916) whose eponymous number represents the speed of a moving object relative to the speed of sound (5,4) |
| CHARLESLYELL | In 1830-33, this geologist publishes Principles of Geology, followed in 1838 by Elements of Geology, in which he demonstrates that the processes that changed the earth in the past are continuing. What |
| CHEROKEE | The vast majority of this native North American people were forced to move to a reservation west of the Mississippi in 1838 (8) |
| REDDEVIL | One of a race of foes of Doctor Who, seen in a 2022 Easter Special set in 19th century China (3,5) |
| XMEN | Foes of the Brotherhood of Mutants |
| GRACE | First name of the girl who helped rescue survivors from the shipwrecked Forfarshire in 1838 with her light housekeeper father William Darling (5) |
| BRUCH | Max ?, German composer of oratorio Arminius born in 1838 (5) |
| TOMTHUMB | General ___, stage name of circus performer Charles S Stratton (1838-83) |
| CHOPIN | European composer of the 1838 Prelude in E minor (6) |
| GRACEDARLING | Heroine famous for her rescue of shipwrecked sailors in 1838 (5,7) |
| TENDOLLARS | Value of a U.S. coronet head coin, minted from 1838 to 1907 |
| FAGIN | Villainous 'receiver of stolen goods' in Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist (1838) |
| NANCY | Lover of Bill Sikes in Oliver Twist (1838) (5) |
| CHARTISM | The principles of the political reform movement in England from 1838 to 1848 (8) |
| NATAL | Former province of E. South Africa set up as a republic by the Boers in 1838 (5) |
| PASTRYWAR | Name given to the invasion of Mexico by French forces in 1838 |
