| ELEPHANTMAN | His affliction took him from side-show attraction to Victorian high society, Joseph Merrick aka The |
| ELEPHANT | Joseph Merrick, aka The ___ Man (8) |
| TISSOT | Artist who moved from Paris to London where he painted scenes of Victorian high society such as Lilacs, |
| THROWER | Horticulturist whose career took him from Windsor Castle and Sandringham to Blue Peter and Gardeners' World (7) |
| GRILLS | Cross-examines the king on his afflictions |
| DRAW | Daughter, tender, shows attraction |
| CAMPHOROIL | Took him out of the car pool to deter the moths (7,3) |
| SEMBLANCE | Doctor left enthralled by attempt to reach the other side show |
| BODYPOSITIVITY | A movement (dating back to Victorian times) that aims to challenge accepted beauty standards and improve self-confidence (4,10) |
| RUBIK | It reportedly took him a month to solve his own puzzle |
| ICK | With "the," a sudden flip from attraction to disgust, in modern parlance |
| TREVES | Frederick, surgeon who cared for the Elephant Man, Joseph Merrick (6) |
| EREWHON | Oriental drama used to be turned to Victorian satire |
| THEELEPHANTMAN | 1980 black and white film starring John Hurt as severely misfigured Joseph Merrick (3,8,3) |
| MUSCULAR | ____ Christianity, one of cheerful physical activity, linked to Victorian boys' schools (8) |
| BRAHMS | German composer whose first symphony took him 21 years to write |
| DEMOBBED | Exploding bomb during action took him out of the military (8) |
| VERDI | Monte took him to be another composer (5) |
| ROD | Aphrodite took him to her heart (3) |
| ADOPTED | Dad met a poet and took him into the family (7) |
