| ROVER | Nickname of the P4 (6,5) |
| AUNTIE | Nickname of the P4 (6,5) |
| CYCLOPS | Mythical nickname of the Rover P4 75 owing to its central headlight (7) |
| EYE | Cyclops-style feature of the Rover P4 75, originally (3) |
| FREEWHEEL | Device in vehicle transmissions, formerly used as an economy aid - as in Rover's 'Auntie' P4 - or to smooth out uneven running in two-stroke engines on the overrun (Saab and DKW) (9) |
| FOGGYBOTTOM | Nickname of the US State Department, from the river-side area of Washington in which it is headquartered (5,6) |
| OLDDOMINION | A nickname of the state of Virginia |
| LISBONLIONS | Nickname of the Celtic team which won the 1961 Europear Cup final against Inter Milan (6,5) |
| ROUGHRIDERS | Nickname of the 1st US Volunteer Cavalry Regiment during the Spanish-American War |
| THREEGRACES | Nickname of the trio of Mk2 Fords released in 1956 (5,6) |
| PANCHOVILLA | Nickname of the first Mexican Revolutionary general, assassinated in 1923 (6,5) |
| HERSHEYKISS | Nickname of the treat with its 100th anniversary on July 7, 2007 |
| COEURDELION | French nickname of the English King killed in 1199 (5,2,4) |
| BILLYTHEKID | Nickname of the 19thcentury American outlaw and gunfighter Henry Mccarty, also known as William H Bonney (5,3,3) |
| THECANARIES | Nickname of the football team who play at Carrow Road |
| TYRANNOSAURUSREX | Found in Saskatchewan in 1991, Scotty is the nickname of the prehistoric skeleton of one of these, and is the largest ever discovered in the world: 2 wds.. |
| GOLDENSTATE | Nickname of the place whose motto is the title of this puzzle (and whose name is the combined first words of 17-, 24-, 38-, and 49-Across) |
| ELGRECO | Nickname of the artist commissioned by Philip II of Spain to paint the altarpiece The Martyrdom of St Maurice, who was sacked shortly after its completion (2,5) |
| DEBO | Nickname of the late Dowager Duchess of Devonshire, the youngest and last of the six Mitford sisters (4) |
| HITCH | Type of knot; a movie with Will Smith; or, the nickname of the director whose films include of Strangers on a Train, Rear Window and The Birds (5) |
