| ENIWETOK | Atoll in the Pacific Ocean taken by the US from Japan in 1944 which later became a testing ground fo |
| EMPORIUM | Atoll in the Pacific Ocean taken by the US from Japan in 1944 which later became a testing ground for atomic weapons (8) |
| BIKINI | Atoll in the Marshall Islands in the central Pacific used as a nuclear weapon testing site by the United States between 1946 and 1958 (6) |
| CHAPLIN | He first wore the tramp costume which later became a trademark in Kid Auto Races At Venice; Charles ... |
| TSUSHIMA | Name of the archipelago off the coast of southeastern Japan in the Korea Strait. In 1905 a Russian fleet was defeated by Japan in a battle of the same name, which took place north of the islands. (8) |
| ENEWETAK | Official name for an atoll in the Marshall Islands- a US testing ground for atomic weapons (8) |
| ITSMAGIC | Song by Jule Styne and Sammy Cahn sung by Doris Day in her film debut, Romance on the High Seas, and which later became the theme song of her Hollywood radio series |
| CHRISTMAS | --- Island is a large coral atoll in the Pacific Ocean discovered by Cook in 1777 (9) |
| WAKE | Coral atoll in the Pacific used as a stopover by Pan Am from 1935 to 1972, now a US Air Force base (4) |
| CHARTERHOUSE | Former monastery in London which later became a school and a home for poor men |
| BRIDEWELL | --- Palace, London residence of Henry VIII on the River Fleet, which later became a prison (9) |
| MONCK | Originally Cromwell's commander-in-chief in Scotland, the Devon-born soldier who later became a key figure in negotiating the restoration of the monarchy to Charles II in 1660 (5) |
| ZACHARYTAYLOR | Known by the nickname "Old Rough and Ready", which successful General from the Mexican War later became a short-lived US president? (7,6) |
| CYRUSTHEGREAT | In 550BC, this Persian king founded an empire which later became the world's largest in history so far (5,3,5) |
| OKINAWA | Coral island of Japan administered by the US from 1945-72 |
| IWOJIMA | Pacific island taken by the US in 1945 and returned to Japan in 1968 |
| WIND | Blowin' in the ___ 1962 song by Bob Dylan which later became an anthem of change |
| RADIO | The "R" in F.R.C., which later became the F.C.C. |
| SAMCOSTA | Popular band singer in the 1930s who later became a voice actor on the radio show Much-Binding-in-the-Marsh |
| BOOTH | William -; founder with his wife Catherine of a mission which later became the Salvation Army (5) |
