| STANLEYBALDWIN | British prime minister who launched the National Grid, which opened in 1935 (7,7) |
| GRIFFITH | ____ Observatory, scientific site in Los Angeles that opened in 1935 (8) |
| PLUG | Advertise connection to the national grid (4) |
| RIGID | I have a grid which is unyielding (5) |
| KNOYDART | Which Scottish town of 120 inhabitants was in the news as it is not connected to the National Grid, so is not effected by precent energy price rises? (8) |
| HIGHVOLTAGE | Like national grid cables |
| BILBAO | Canadian architect Frank Gehry is the designer of the Guggenheim Museum (which opened in 1997) and is located in this city in Spain |
| DISNEYLAND | 'To all who come to this happy place - welcome' is the dedication at the entrance to this theme park which opened in 1955 |
| SEARSTOWER | Original name of the structure which opened in Chicago in 1973 as the world's tallest building (5,5) |
| BROOKLANDS | The world's first purpose-built motor racing circuit, which opened in 1907 in Surrey |
| SMITHFIELD | Meat and poultry market in London which opened in its modern form in 1868 (10) |
| MOUSETRAP | 'The ---', play by Agatha Christie which opened in London in 1952 (9) |
| MACMILLAN | British prime minister who made the "wind of change'"speech in South Africa in 1960 (9) |
| CHURCHILLIAN | In the manner of British prime minister who died in 1965 (12) |
| HAROLDMACMILLAN | British prime minister who was the last to have served in the First World War (6,9) |
| IAN | Yachtsman and environmentalist who launched the Clean Up Australia and the Clean Up The World campai |
| THEMOUSETRAP | Play which opened in the West End of London in 1952 and has been running ever since (3,9) |
| NESS | Picturesque hamlet on the Wirral peninsula; it is home to ___ Botanic Gardens, which opened in 1898; it is the birthplace of Lord Nelson's mistress Emma Hamilton (4) |
| RUNRABBITRUN | Popular song written by Noel Gay and Ralph Butler for the show The Little Dog Laughed which opened in 1939 (3,6,3) |
| WELDED | Eugene O"Neill stage play which opened in New York in 1924 (6) |