| CROSSPLY | ____ tyres were popular in the first half of the 20th century |
| TURKEYTROT | An early ragtime, one-step ballroom dance, popular in the First World War (6,4) |
| PUNCTURES | Mousse-filled tyres were designed to avoid the risk of these. (9) |
| PIRELLI | Italian tyre company; its Cintura and Cinturato tyres were bywords for good performance in the classic era (7) |
| WILLS | Playing in the first half of the twentieth century, she is still considered to be one of the greatest all-time tennis stars of the US and the world; Helen ... Moody |
| SMUTS | Longtime prime minister of South Africa in the first half of the 20th century, Jan ... |
| CANVEY | Essex island, which became a holiday destination in the first half of the 20th century |
| EMPIREDAY | Annual event held in the first half of the 20th century on what was Queen Victoria's birthday (6,3) |
| NANCYASTOR | American-born British female politician of the first half of the 20th century (5,5) |
| CELERY | You can see this plant of the parsley family growing all around the outskirts of Croyle in the first half of the year (6) |
| DONIZETTI | Gaetano ---, a leading Italian composer of the bel canto opera style in the first half of the 19th Century (9) |
| DANIELOCONNELL | Roman Catholic political leader in Ireland in the first half of the 19th Century (6,8) |
| HARPSICHORD | Keyboard instrument in which strings are set in vibration by plucking. It was one of the most important keyboard instruments in European music from the 16th through the first half of the 18th century. |
| KEWPIE | Baby cupid doll characters which were popular in the early 20th Century (6) |
| WINKLEPICKERS | What footwear with very pointed narrow toes were popular in the mid-20th Century? (6-7) |
| CERES | Body in our solar system that was considered a planet in the first half of the 19th century |
| MINUETS | Slow ballroom dances for two that were popular in the 18th century (7) |
| HUANGHUA | Chinese diplomat instrumental in normalising relations with the US and Japan in the latter half of the 20th century; Minister of Foreign Affairs 1976-83 (5,3) |
| SHOWER | How, in the first half of the series, there's a fall |
| AMUSE | In the first half of the day employ charm (5) |
