| BALT | Maryland city where edgar Allan Poe died in 1849 [abbr.] |
| SOHO | Where Edgar Wright took us last night (4) |
| BALTI | Maryland city where there's no more curry? |
| POE | Edgar Allan ?, US short story writer who died in 1849 (3) |
| CHOPIN | Frederic, Polish composer who died in 1849 (6) |
| HOKUSAI | Katsushika, Japanese woodblock artist who died in 1849 (7) |
| BALTIMOREARTMOBILE | Painting exhibitor on wheels in a Maryland city? |
| ANNAPOLIS | Maryland city that's home to the United States Naval Academy |
| LAREDO | City in southern Texas (pop about 240,000), rechartered as a city in 1849 (6) |
| GREATFAMINE | This tragedy started in Ireland in 1845 and ended in 1849. It was caused by late blight, which ruined the potato crop, and it resulted in about one million deaths and mass emigration. |
| LIBREVILLE | African capital city where freed slaves were resettled, starting in 1849 |
| FREDERICK | 2nd largest Maryland city |
| BALTIMORE | Maryland city |
| BETHESDA | Maryland city |
| FORTWORTH | City in Texas (pop about 900,000), established as an army outpost in 1849 (4,5) |
| CYMS | Religious organisation founded in Limerick in 1849. (1,1,1,1) |
| GOLDRUSH | Doctor in Slough treated flood of miners in 1849 (4,4) |
| HARRODS | Department store opened in London in 1849 (7) |
| ALTOONA | City founded by the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1849 |
| SHIRLEYKEELDAR | A Charlotte Bronte character, an orphaned heiress, in a novel published in 1849 (7,7) |