| AURORA | A blank shot from this cruiser signalled the attack on the Winter Palace which started Russia's October Revolution |
| ESCALADE | Al ceased the attack on the fortifications (8) |
| PENALTYSPOT | Foul play nets successful shot - from this place near goal? |
| INKBLOT | Point-blank shot strikes frying pan - part of a psychological test? (7) |
| POLICEACADEMY | The four most recent films in this series, which started in 1984, have a 0% rating on Rotten Tomatoes |
| LOUVRE | French Royal palace which, on the one-year anniversary of Louis XVI’s death, opened as a museum |
| INFAMY | President FD Roosevelt famously called the attack on Pearl Harbor "a date which will live in ___". (6) |
| YAMAMOTO | Which Japanese naval commander and former Harvard student was the architect of the attack on Pearl Harbour? (8) |
| SILENT | The Jazz Singer (with Al Jolsen's famous ad-lib, 'You ain't heard nothing yet') signalled the end of the era of movies of this kind |
| GOODNIGHTKIWI | Animated short which signalled the end of evening broadcasts on Television New Zealand (9,4) |
| ELYSEE | Parisian palace which is the official residence of the president of France (6) |
| SKIRUN | Film covers only half the rush on the winter sports trail (3,3) |
| THEMALL | Ceremonial route from Trafalgar Square to Buckingham Palace which passes the Victoria Monument |
| BEAUREGARD | P. G. T. - - -, Confederate general who started the American Civil War by leading the attack on Fort Sumter in April 1861 (10) |
| TORA | When said three times, a 1970 film about the attack on Pearl Harbor |
| JUKEBOXJURY | BBC programme which started in 1959 in which a celebrity panel reviewed new record releases (4,3,4) |
| RASTAFARIANS | Adherents of a religious movement which started in Jamaica in the 1930s (12) |
| INFERNO | Fourth book in the Dan Brown series which started with The Da Vinci Code (7) |
| APES | Primates who rule a futuristic planet in a sci-fi film franchise which started in 1968 (4) |
| STPETERSBURG | The Winter Palace is located in which Russian city? (2,10) |
