| BROWNSEA | - - - Island, Dorset location of a 1907 camp that led to the formation of the Scout movement (8) |
| CERNEABBAS | Dorset location of a chalk figure cut into the hillside, possibly a 17th-century prank (5,5) |
| EXPLORER | --- Scout, a member of the section of The Scout Association for 14- to 18-year-olds (8) |
| UNBROKEN | 'Can the Circle be --', 1935 Carter Family adaptation of a 1907 hymn (8) |
| DUMBARTONOAKS | Estate in the District of Columbia, US, that hosted a 1944 conference that led to the formation of the United Nations |
| DUMBARTON | Estate in the District of Columbia, US, that hosted a 1944 conference that led to the formation of the United Nations (9) |
| OAKS | Estate in the District of Columbia, US, that hosted a 1944 conference that led to the formation of the United Nations (4) |
| BIGBANG | According to cosmological theories the event/explosion that led to the formation of the universe (3,4) |
| REVOLUTION | Series of events in 1917 that led to the formation of the USSR, the Russian ... |
| CALLSOUT | Gets everybody in the Scout movement to stop working? (5,3) |
| BRIDPORT | Bishop given free drink in Dorset location (8) |
| RANKBASE | *Army camp that stinks to high heaven? |
| MISPLACE | Lose camps that lie in ruins (8) |
| EPIGENETIC | Grand story about Gene Tierney's initial single relates to the formation of The Stones (10) |
| CONCENTRATION | The sort of infamous camp that took a lot of thought to organise? (13) |
| BADENPOWELL | Founder of the Scout Movement (5-6) |
| BADEN | Lord ----- Powell, founder of the Scout movement (5) |
| POWELL | Robert -, founder of the Scout Movement (5-6) |
| ICOULDUSEALAUGH | Request for relief, and a hint to the formation of this puzzle's four other longest answers |
| CALCIUM | Metallic element that is essential to the formation of bone, teeth and shells |