| NIKOLATESLA | Inventor of the alternating-current motor: 2 wds. |
| TESLA | Inventor of the alternating current induction motor |
| ELONMUSK | Founder of SpaceX and Tesla Motors: 2 wds. |
| INCARNATION | Epitome of current motor race |
| ICARUS | High flyer's current motors outside for all to see |
| EDISON | His invention of the direct current electrical generator lost out to the alternating current options of Tesla and Westinghouse, Thomas Alva ... |
| ACCRETE | Stick together in the alternating current near the island (7) |
| ACM | This is the abbreviation of the esports arm of the AC Milan football club. (1,1,1) |
| LINEOFDUTY | Police procedural TV drama that follows the work of the AC-12 Anti-Corruption Unit (4,2,4) |
| ALUMINIUM | What was the body of the AC Ace made from? (9) |
| BUCKLAND | Tourer variant of the AC 2-Litre (8) |
| TOURER | Buckland version of the AC 2-Litre (6) |
| COUPE | Body style of the AC Aceca (5) |
| JOHN | _ Tojeiro, designer of the AC Ace (4) |
| FRUA | Designer of the AC 428 (4) |
| SCOTLAND | Production of the AC 3000ME moved to this country in 1984 (8) |
| SEVEN | _ litres, size of the AC 428's engine (5) |
| TWO | _ litres, standard engine size of the AC Aceca (3) |
| THAMESDITTON | Site of the AC Cars factory, once upon a time (6,6) |
| WHOLELOTTAROSIE | Final track, also a single, of the AC/DC album Let There Be Rock |
