| ANANT | ___ Pai, Indian educationalist and a pioneer in Indian comics |
| AMARCHITRAKATHA | Track him struggling with a host of characters in Indian comics (4,6,5) |
| DESOUZA | Dame Rachel ___, educationalist and social reformer who became Children's Commissioner for England in 2021 |
| THESADSAC | Indian comic strip character? |
| NANONAGLE | Founder of the "Presentation Sisters", and a pioneer of Catholic education in Ireland (4,5) |
| IONESCO | Eugene, dramatist born in Romania and a pioneer of the Theatre of the Absurd (7) |
| TIPU | ___ Sultan - ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore and a pioneer of rocket artillery |
| CFCA | In 1922, the Star becomes a pioneer in broadcasting by establishing its own radio station _ _ _ _ ...and in 1923 it becomes the first radio station to broadcast a hockey game, launching the career of |
| DAI | Hong Kong food stall:___ pai dong |
| VERDI | Venerated Italian composer, a pioneer in the eld of opera, made a senator in 1874 (5) |
| SCHOOLBLAZER | Worn by a scholar - a pioneer in education? |
| STREETPORTER | Janet, broadcaster born in 1946 noted as a pioneer in youth television (6,6) |
| JACKINTHEBOX | This fast food giant was a pioneer in using the drive thru speaker for ordering and antenna balls for promotions |
| MENDEL | Austrian botanist Gregor (1822-84) who was a pioneer in genetics |
| COHN | German botanist Ferdinand (1828-98) who was a pioneer in bacteriology |
| SYNTHESISER | Jean Michel Jarre was a pioneer in the use of this electronic musical instrument |
| HOOKESHOT | Basketball feat by a pioneer in microscopy? |
| PIERLUIGINERVI | Italian architect, a pioneer in the use of reinforced concrete (4,5,5) |
| BALLOONING | US aviator Ed Yost was a pioneer in this activity (10) |
| BENTLEY | Wilson -; meteorologist who was a pioneer in the field of snowflake photomicrography (7) |
