| STEPHENSON | His locomotive, the Rocket, marked the birth of rail transport, George ... |
| LUMIERE | French brothers whose invention of the Cinematographe marked the birth of the film industry (7) |
| THIS | Sir Tin Hat's modification of rail transport in question (4,5) |
| TRAIN | Sir Tin Hat's modification of rail transport in question (4,5) |
| RELATION | Opening of rail transport link |
| ZATOPEK | Nicknamed the "Czech Locomotive", the runner who won three gold medals at the 1952 Olympics, the third in a last-minute marathon, a distance he had never attempted before (7) |
| PAYLOAD | Take the science out of encyclopaedias and use it to fill the rocket (7) |
| RONNIEOSULLIVAN | English snooker player nicknamed The Rocket because of his rapid playing style (6,9) |
| UPSTART | A nouveau riche at the beginning of the rocket race? (7) |
| IVOR | Cartoon locomotive, - - - the Engine (4) |
| AROD | World Baseball Classic teammate of "The Rocket" |
| NOSECONE | Who's on an unmanned spacecraft keeping dry part of the rocket? (4,4) |
| MISTLETOE | What brings the rocket to the pad? |
| AATEAM | The Amarillo Sod Poodles or the Rocket City Trash Pandas, e.g. |
| OSULLIVAN | Ronnie .' ........ , snooker's 'The Rocket' who won the 2001, 2004 and 2008 world championship (9) |
| TRIUMPH | Maker of the Rocket 3 GT Chrome Edition motorbike |
| BOOSTER | A person or thing with a rocket-like effect; or, the rocket itself (7) |
| AEROSPACE | This whole new field of industry developed with the rocket age |
| NBA | Org. of the Thunder and the Rockets |
| TOLEDO | The Rockets of the Mid-American Conference |
