| BAKELITE | First plastic made from synthetic components invented by Belgian chemist Leo Baekeland in 1907 (8) |
| PLASTICS | Belgian-born scientist Leo Baekeland is considered the father of this industry (8) |
| SANYO | Company that made Japan's first plastic radio |
| APPENDS | Adds extra information to commercials about first plastic pen (7) |
| FENTANYL | Synthetic opiate drug developed by Belgian physician Paul Janssen in 1959, used as a painkiller and a sedative (8) |
| PEDIGREE | An autobiographical novel by Belgian author Georges Simenon (8) |
| SONOFMAN | The - - -; painting by Belgian surrealist Rene Magritte (3,2,3) |
| BROWNSEA | Island in Poole Bay where the first scout camp took place in 1907 (8) |
| MACNEICE | Louis, poet born in Belfast in 1907 noted for poems such as Snow and Prayer Before Birth (8) |
| IMPERIAL | ____ College, London university founded in 1907 specialising in science and engineering (8) |
| OKLAHOMA | US state, joined in 1907 (8) |
| RASPUTIN | Name given to the Russian 'monk' who claimed divine powers, was presented at court in 1907 and treated the Tsarevitch's haemophilia (8) |
| DIXIECUP | Drinking vessel invented in 1907 |
| CALLOWAY | Cab, jazz singer and bandleader born in 1907 (8) |
| NORTHERN | Bradford Bulls were formed in 1907 as Bradford ........ (8) |
| ANOREXIC | This word, for a person suffering appetite loss and shedding half their body weight, was first used back in 1907 |
| PLASTIC | Constable seizing shoemaker's model ? one made from synthetic substance (7) |
| NYLON | Napoleon's refusal to accept bow and stern of yawl made from synthetic material (5) |
| BANLON | Fabric made from synthetic yarn |
| BRIEFS | What could be made from synthetic fibres? |
