| EPSOM | Where Attila was victorious in 1842 |
| CHALONS | Where Attila was defeated, 451 |
| WONAT | Was victorious in |
| CDLI | Year Attila was defeated in Gaul |
| HUN | Attila was one. (3) |
| HUNS | Attila was their leader (4) |
| MARSHALSEA | Prison for debtors situated in Southwark, London that was abolished in 1842 (10) |
| HONGKONG | It was leased to Britain in 1842 and returned in 1997 (4,4) |
| WINOUT | Be victorious in all games left in the season |
| PILSENER | A type of lager, originally brewed in Bohemia, first produced in 1842 (8) |
| HIGHCLERE | Remodelled by Charles Barry in 1842, a country house on a 5,000-acre estate with parkland designed by Capability Brown where Downton Abbey is set (9) |
| TARTAN | What patterns are illustrated in Vestiarium Scoticum, published in 1842? (6) |
| NOTREDAME | Private Catholic research university in Indiana founded in 1842 (5,4) |
| THEWRECK | Narrative poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, first published in Bel ads and Other Poems in 1842 (3,5,2,3,8) |
| OFTHE | Narrative poem by Henry Wadsworth Lon fellow. first published in Bel ads and Other Poems in 1842 (3,5,2,3,8) |
| HESPERUS | Narrative poem by Henry Wadsworth Lon fellow. first published in Bel ads and Other Poems in 1842 (3,5,2,3,8) |
| OUTSTARE | Be victorious in a certain contest |
| THEBATTLE | Few were victorious in this (3,6,2,7) |
| GAINSBOROUGH | Artist is victorious in local election? |
| WINSAT | Is victorious in |
