| THOUGHTLESSLY | Insensitively considered the French devious |
| CRASS | Insensitively stupid (5) |
| OBTUSELY | Insensitively or difficult to understand (8) |
| OLDWOMAN | Wife runs away from moorland, upsetting mum insensitively (3,5) |
| CRASSLY | Coarsely, insensitively (7) |
| BOORISH | Insensitively rude |
| PRIOR | Coming before one to ask insensitively for a hearing? |
| MICHAELPHELPS | American retired competitive swimmer who won a record eight gold medals at the 2008 Olympic Games and is considered the greatest swimmer ever: 2 wds. |
| THOUGHTITOVER | Considered the matter closed? |
| CHARLES | Given name of the polymath considered the father of the computer who invented the difference engine and worked with Ada Lovelace on the later analytical engine (7) |
| TIVOLI | Hadrian's Villa, built in the 2nd century CE at this Italian city, is considered the epitome in architecture of the opulence and elegance of the Roman world. The villa, also known as Villa Adriana, wa |
| NICE | French city considered the capital of the Cote d'Azur, site of the Promenade des Anglais (4) |
| BABBAGE | Considered the "father of the computer", inventor of the difference engine who worked with Ada Lovelace on the later analytical engine (7) |
| COWES | Home to the Royal Yacht Squadron and host of an annual regatta, port on the Medina considered the maritime gateway to the Isle of Wight (5) |
| GRASSE | Commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department on the French Riviera considered the world's capital of perfume |
| REPTON | Landscapist considered the successor to Capability Brown, whose designs include those at the gardens/grounds of Cobham Hall, Dyrham Park, Harewood House and the Longleat estate (6) |
| ENNIUS | Quintus -; considered the father of Roman poetry, the author of the epic poem originally in 15 books Annales (6) |
| FERMAT | French mathematician considered the founder of the theory of numbers (6) |
| NEWMARKET | Market town in Suffolk considered the home of British horse-racing, site of the Jockey Club headquarters, Tattersalls and the National Stud (9) |
| LAISABELA | Village in the Dominican Republic, founded by Christopher Columbus in 1493, considered the first formal European settlement in the New World |
