| CHEKHOV | Russian master of the modern short story |
| JOHNUPDIKE | Modern short-story master |
| SANDMAN | Nickname of John le Carre's Russian master spy Karla (7) |
| SPASSKY | Dissident asks agent about Russian master (7) |
| ENGLISHROSE | David Austin-bred plant (combining the form and fragrance of the old-fashioned types with the repeatflowering of the modern types) (7,4) |
| TINTIN | The father of the modern European comic book, Belgian Georges Remi, better known as Herge, created 23 volumes of the adventures of this boy detective and his dog, Snowy |
| ROWING | One of the sports participated in by the founder of the modern Olympics, Baron Pierre de Coubertin ( |
| RHO | The 17th letter of the modern Greek alphabet, and the first part of a popular ericaceous shrub (3) |
| TENNIS | ___ was one of the sports included the inaugural Games of the modern Olympics at Athens in 1896 (6) |
| CHINA | Great Wall of ___ (one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World) |
| ABACUS | A block or tablet on the capital of a classical architectural column; or, a frame with beads for counting units, tens, hundreds etc, that is the ancient ancestor of the modern calculator (6) |
| OLDSARUM | Site of the earliest settlement of Salisbury, on a hill about two miles north of the modern city |
| EDGARALLANPOE | Whose books of the 1840s are regarded as predecessors of the modern mystery/detective story? (5,5,3) |
| BAKELITE | The 1909 patent of what product is considered the beginning of the modern plastics industry? (8) |
| ATTLEE | Prime minister from 1945-51 whose term saw the creation of the modern welfare state including the fo |
| AILETTE | A small square shield, worn on the shoulders, and the prototype of the modern epaulet. (7) |
| FRUMENTY | Once prominent at Christmas, a type of spiced wheat porridge flavoured with cinnamon, currants, nutmeg, saffron, sugar and yolks that was the medieval forerunner of the modern Christmas pudding (8) |
| KRUPA | Gene dubbed the "Founding Father of the Modern Drum Set" by Modern Drummer |
| CHARLES | In about 1840, which naturalist was the first person to add wheeled legs to a chair, the precursor of the modern office chair? (7,6) |
| DARWIN | In about 1840, which naturalist was the first person to add wheeled legs to a chair, the precursor of the modern office chair? (7,6) |
