| MDI | Year in which Martin Luther first entered university |
| SORBONNE | Right to cry out before One Direction entered university (8) |
| WORMS | City of SW Germany in which Martin Luther defended his doctrines to the Holy Roman emperor Charles V in 1521 (5) |
| GERMANY | Country in which Martin Luther (1483-1546) led the Protestant Reformation |
| ATLANTA | City in which Martin Luther King was born (7) |
| GEORGIA | State in which Martin Luther King and Jimmy Carter were born |
| EDWOOD | Biopic released in 1994 in which Martin Landau played Bela Lugosi (2,4) |
| IRMA | "My Friend ___": 1949 film in which Martin & Lewis debuted as a team |
| SHERLOCK | TV series in which Martin Freeman played Dr John Watson (8) |
| DIET | An assembly of the holy Roman empire, such as that before which Martin Luther appeared on heresy charges (4) |
| OFFICE | The ---, TV programme in which Martin Freeman played a character called Tim Canterbury (6) |
| GENTLY | Inspector George ___ , TV crime drama series in which Martin Shaw played the title role (6) |
| DISTASTE | Breaking dates first entered results in revulsion (8) |
| NOUVEAU | A wine which may be sold in the same year in which it was harvested |
| DCX | Year in which Muhammad began preaching in Mecca |
| MCMXIII | Year in which the first crossword appeared, on December 21 |
| JOSEPHBIDEN | He first entered the Senate in 1973--at age 30 years, 1 month, 14 days |
| MARTINIHENRY | Breech-loading single-shot rifle that first entered service with the British Army in 1871 (7-5) |
| ABRAMS | Creighton, army general whose surname was given to a U.S. battle tank that first entered service in 1980 (6) |
| OVERWORK | Tax finished with approval, when return's first entered |
