| TEDTURNER | Who, in 1986, acquired the MGM library of over 4000 films? (3,6) |
| TONYBLAIN | New Zealander who, in 1986, became the first batter to register three consecutive golden ducks in the 50-overs format. (4,5) |
| HOARE | "Henry the Magnificent" who laid out the gardens at Stourhead; or, his grandson, Richard, who acquired The Adoration of the Magi for said Wiltshire house in 1790 (5) |
| MAZE | Enjoyed for over 4000 years, what is the oldest type of puzzle? (4) |
| EDWARD | King of England whose army defeated the French force under Philip Vi at the Battle of Crecy, where his son the Black Prince acquired the emblem of three white feathers (6) |
| PERU | Country that boasts over 4000 types of potatoes |
| ACRE | Open race over 4000 square metres (4) |
| BEANO | Comic, which has had over 4000 issues (5) |
| ALEXANDRIA | Great Library of ___ one of the largest libraries of the ancient world which also inspired the modern library in Egypt |
| ANGSTROM | Unit of length equal to 0.1 nanometre and used chiefly in measuring wavelengths of light. (Visible light stretches from 4000 to 7000 of these.) (8) |
| FRANKSINATRA | 20th-century American singer, actor and producer who acquired the nicknames Chairman of the Board or Ol' Blue Eyes, (5,7) |
| GOT | Acquired the go-carts - getting rid of the cars (3) |
| AMBO | This morning, acquired the services of Mr Jangles in church (4) |
| LAYARD | In 1849, this explorer returned to Mesopotamia and continued excavations at Nineveh and Babylon, discovering in the process the huge library of Ashurbanipal, probably the earliest library ever created |
| BODLEIAN | Main research library of the University of Oxford, one of the oldest in Europe (8) |
| ROAR | What the MGM lion does at the beginning of a movie |
| LEO | What is the name of the MGM lion? (3) |
| PROSTATE | Type of curable cancer diagnosed in 4000 NZ men annually (8) |
| UPS | It acquired the Overnite Corporation in 2005 |
| AOL | ISP that acquired the Huffington Post in 2011 |
