| OLTCIT | Romanian marque that later became Oltena (6) |
| POLSKI | _ _ _Fiat, old marque that later became FSO (6) |
| OLTENA | Romanian marque known as Oltcit previously (6) |
| ROMANIA | Homeland of the Oltena brand (7) |
| OFFICE | General Post -; service officially established by Charles II in 1660 that later became known as the Royal Mail (6) |
| PROTON | Malaysian marque that bought out Lotus in 1996 (6) |
| NECKAR | German car marque that once built Fiat designs (6) |
| TALBOT | Marque that was behind the Samba hatchback (6) |
| GOSSIP | From the Old English meaning "godparent", a word for a close friend or one invited to attend a birth that later came to mean chitchat, idle talk or tittle-tattle (6) |
| CIRCUS | From the Latin meaning "ring", a word for an ancient Roman arena for chariot races and gladiatorial combats that later came to mean a travelling company of performers (6) |
| SUZUKI | Michio, Japanese inventor who founded a company in 1909 that later produced cars (6) |
| YELLOWSUBMARINE | "Revolver" song that later became a movie |
| OVERDRIVE | Gearbox option that later became standard on the Dolomite Sprint (9) |
| ENIWETOK | Atoll in the Pacific Ocean taken by the US from Japan in 1944 that later became a testing ground for |
| CHUBB | Charles ___, blacksmith who founded a ship's ironmongery that later became a locksmith selling a lock patented by his brother Jeremiah (5) |
| WHATSGOINGON | 1971 song of protest by Marvin Gaye that later became an anthem of change: 3 wds. |
| STRANGEFRUIT | Poem of protest written by Abel Meeropol and sung by Billie in 1939 that later became an anthem of change: 2 wds. |
| PENN | William, English Quaker leader and founder of a colony that later became a U.S. state (4) |
| SUMER | Ancient region of SW Asia that later became Babylonia, located in the southernmost part of Mesopotamia in modern-day Iraq (5) |
| LVIV | ____ and Vilnius were the largest cities in the Second Polish Republic that later became cities of the USSR |
