| NIELSBOHR | A scientist may show his Nobel off, right? |
| GEISHA | Paid companion may show his age when confused (6) |
| BIOLOGIST | Scientist may boil over, then go back with a first (9) |
| PHLEVEL | A soil scientist may measure it |
| LABCOAT | What scientist may wear a lot, strangely, penning first three letters |
| BERNOULLI | Swiss scientist may rub O'Neill the wrong way (9) |
| NANOTECHNOLOGY | Molecular scientist may use this - only he cannot go wrong (14) |
| ALABAMA | State where scientists may work with a master's degree |
| OSSIETZKY | German pacifist unable to collect his Nobel Peace Prize in 1935 due to his detainment by the Nazis (9) |
| THEREMAINSOFTHE | Kazuo Ishiguro, who won his Nobel in 2017, is best known for this novel, made into a hit 1993 film starring Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson |
| DAY | Kazuo Ishiguro, who won his Nobel in 2017, is best known for this novel, made into a hit 1993 film starring Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson |
| APR | Month when Bob Dylan finally got his Nobel (3) |
| GANDHI | Martin Luther King acknowledged him in his Nobel lecture |
| PHOTOELECTRIC | "Effect" that won Einstein his Nobel |
| BOSON | Scientists may have glimpsed the elusive subatomic particle, the Higgs ___ |
| PLAYER | Needs a re-play to show his sporting prowess (6) |
| TREMBLE | Boy singer taking in a number will show his fear (7) |
| LEADERSHIP | Did a guide on board show his authority? (10) |
| DARKMATERIALS | Fantasy book series that was made into a television show: "His ___" (2) |
| POWER | In wartime, a prisoner will hesitate to show his strength (5) |
