| ELIHUYALE | For whom the Collegiate School was renamed in 1718 |
| YALE | Third- oldest university in the United States, founded as the Collegiate School in Connecticut in 1701 (4) |
| IDLEWILD | Popular name for John F Kennedy airport in New York, before it was renamed in 1963 (8) |
| JOHNFKENNEDY | 35th US president for whom a New York City airport was renamed in 1963: 3 wds. |
| GEORGEHWBUSH | 41st US president for whom a Houston airport was renamed in 1997: 4 wds. |
| RONALDREAGAN | 40th US president for whom a DC-area airport was renamed in 1998: 2 wds. |
| CHOPIN | Warsaw Airport was renamed in whose honour in 2001? (6) |
| GIELGUD | Actor after whom Shaftesbury Avenue's Globe Theatre was renamed in 1994 |
| OHARE | WWII naval aviator after whom Chicago's airport was renamed in 1949, Edward ___ |
| HARRYREID | Senator after whom Las Vegas's airport was renamed in 2021 |
| PASSERO | Cape ___ , a promontory in southern Sicily, the site of a major sea battle in 1718 (7) |
| NEWORLEANS | City in the southern USA (pop about 400,000), founded in 1718 (3,7) |
| YAMAN | Raag which used to be called Kalyan till it was renamed in the Mughal era |
| MONTH | One was renamed in Caesar's honor |
| EMPIRY | Annual British Commonwealth celebration that was renamed in 1958 |
| RFK | What D.C. Stadium was renamed in 1969 |
| FTLEE | Virginia army installation that was renamed in 2023 |
| META | What Facebook, Inc. was renamed in 2021 |
| MPAA | Entertainment org. that was renamed in 2019 |
| TEACH | Edward ?, English pirate also known as Blackbeard who died in 1718 (5) |
