| IDEALISTIC | Fish of the most important kind I start to collect - in aspiration |
| SECTS | Nonconformists start to collect in groups (5) |
| VERONICA | In Romeo's home I start to collect speedwell |
| SWING | *Important kind of state |
| TRIVIAL | Not very important kind of pursuit? (7) |
| 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 |
| 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. |
| BILGE | Wild gerbil with no right to collect in the ship's hull (5) |
| PROVINS | In the 13th century, this town was one of the most important towns in France, with a population of 80,000 inhabitants. It was a prosperous wool centre, and its fairs were famous all over Europe. It wa |
| RICE | One of the most important foods of the world |
| CLERIC | A man of the cloth starts to collect memorial of saint maybe (6) |
| BANANAS | Items to collect in "Donkey Kong Country" |
| CHARCOAL | Burnt wood, one of the most important economic activities in Mallorca's Serra de Tramuntana mountain range during the late 12th century (8) |
| CLOGS | Start to collect pieces of wood for footwear |
| MAIN | Name of the most important street in many Irish towns. (4) |
| COMTE | French positivist philosopher (1798-1857), one of the most important early figures in sociology |
| PANTALONE | Lecherous old merchant who is one of the most important principal characters in commedia dell'arte |
| DAUMIER | One of the most important men in modern art, per Baudelaire |
| STONEHENGE | One of the most important megalithic monuments in Europe, on Salisbury Plain |
| GRIME | Germ of new kind I located in dirt (5) |
