| TYNE | Actress Daly who was probably not named after Newcastle's river |
| PET | Family member who was probably adopted |
| ENG | Person who was probably pushed out of Boeing due to their knowledge of science and how flights work (abbr.) |
| UMBRIEL | One of the moons of Uranus not named after a Shakespeare character (7) |
| TOELOOP | A figure skating jump not named after anyone |
| ELLISIA | Genus of forget-me-not named after British naturalist John Ellis (7) |
| MSG | Only NBA arena not named after a corporate sponsor: Abbr. |
| EARTH | Which planet in our solar system is not named after a Roman god (5) |
| MARGHERITA | Pizza type not named after a drink |
| MARYROSE | The excavation of this ship was one of the most important in the history of marine archaeology. It was the most powerful of Henry VIII's warships, his pride and joy, and it was probably named after hi |
| SMARTACUS | Slave who decided it was probably better NOT to fight the Roman army? |
| AUGUSTWILSON | Fences playwright not named for the month he was born in, but after his father, who...well, he wasn't born in that month, either |
| CURATE | If dog had his egg it was probably sick (6) |
| OVID | Amores was probably the first completed book by the Roman poet ____ |
| DURANDURAN | "The Reflex" this band had upon learning of their induction was probably sheer joy |
| THEFLINTSTONES | The pet in this sitcom was probably the biggest anachronism in TV history |
| BOOKOFKELLS | It was probably created on Iona (4,2,5) |
| RUBY | The precious stone sardius mentioned in the Bible was probably what? (4) |
| COLUMBUS | This 1992 Carry On film was (probably) the last (8) |
| DADA | Marcel Duchamp was probably the best-known artist in this iconoclastic movement |
