not been for the wordplay I’d probably have spelt this “-briar”. 13 GLADSTONE ( PM William , born 1809); GLAD + STONE 14 MENDELSSOHN (composer Felix , born 1809); MENDEL’S + (HONS)* – Gregor Mendel is the geneticist. The indirect anagram of ‘hon[our]s’ held me up here. 15 CHARLES DARWIN (born