| WEDGWOOD | Potter, abolitionist and inventor of the jasperware with which he replicated the Portland Vase whose son John was a founder of the Royal Horticultural Society (8) |
| TEDHEATH | Con man replicated the ad misleadingly (3,5) |
| NOCTURNE | I take a dim view reporting what someone once did to the Portland vase? |
| WOLSEY | Orchestrator of the Field of the Cloth of Gold and inventor of the combination of strawberries and cream who was Henry VIII's chief adviser, often called "alter rex" (6) |
| ARIADNE | In Greek mythology, the daughter of Minos and Pasiphae who gave Theseus the thread with which he found his way out of the Minotaur's labyrinth |
| TITIAN | Venetian Renaissance artist whose innovative approach to oil painting and masterful use of colour, including the red with which he is synonymous, earned him the monikers "The Sun Amidst Small Stars" a |
| MARCONI | Italian physicist and inventor of a successful wireless telegraph (1896); he later worked on the development of shortwave wireless communication, which constitutes the basis of nearly all modern long- |
| WESTINGHOUSE | George ___, US manufacturer and inventor of the railway air brake system (12) |
| BAIRD | John Logie ---, Scottish engineer and inventor of the first television system (5) |
| JOBS | Steve, US entrepreneur and inventor of the Apple II computer in 1977 (4) |
| OTIS | Elisha, U.S. engineer and inventor of the safety elevator (4) |
| ENO | Traffic safety pioneer (and inventor of the one-way street), William P. ___ |
| WALKER | Dr. Mary ___ abolitionist and the first and only woman to receive the Medal of Honor |
| MARYQUANT | British fashionista and inventor of the miniskirt (1930-2023) |
| JULIAWARDHOWE | US abolitionist and poet who authored The Battle Hymn of the Republic (5,4,4) |
| HOWE | Julia Ward ___, US abolitionist and poet who authored The Battle Hymn of the Republic (4) |
| VASE | With Wedgwood's jasperware "Portland" example and others in the chinoiserie style, a vessel for cut flowers such as a bough pot, potiche, tulipiere or rose bowl (4) |
| JOSIAH | English potter famed for his blue and white Jasperware (6, 8) |
| FRASIER | Titular sitcom character who says, about an enemy, "Charm is the vicious grease with which he oils his flim-flam machine" |
| HEARTACHE | Emotional pain with which he might give her a cat (9) |
