| PEARLHARBOR | Site of a surprise attack by Japan on a U.S. naval base on December 7, 1941: 2 wds. |
| PEARL | - Harbor; site of a surprise attack by the Japanese in 1941 (5) |
| GUAM | Pacific island home to a U.S. naval base |
| AMBUSH | A surprise attack by people lying in wait in a concealed position (6) |
| DESERTRAT | Member of the British 7th Armoured Division in North Africa, 1941-2 (6,3) |
| INFAMY | 'A date which will live in ___' - FD Roosevelt, on December 7, 1941 (6) |
| HAIRSPRAYLIVE | NBC's version of a 2002 Broadway musical, which aired on December 7: 2 wds. |
| TSUSHIMA | Name of the archipelago off the coast of southeastern Japan in the Korea Strait. In 1905 a Russian fleet was defeated by Japan in a battle of the same name, which took place north of the islands. (8) |
| ORIENTE | Site of U.S. naval base in Cuba |
| APRA | Port of Guam, U.S. naval base |
| SCALA | La ---, the chief opera house in Milan whose season opens on December 7, Saint Ambrose's Day, Milan's patron saint's feast day (5) |
| BUSH | Historical bunch of ivy as a tavern's or vintner's sign; the wilds; or, a shrubby clump in which to lay wait in a surprise attack, for example (4) |
| STARTPOSITION | Site of a surprise? |
| GITMO | U.S. naval base in Cuba, informally |
| PAGOPAGO | U.S. naval base until 1951 |
| KALININGRAD | Russian port, formerly a main German naval base on the Baltic, ceded to the Soviet Union in 1945 (11) |
| RAIDING | Conducting surprise attack by a small armed force; plundering (7) |
| OAHU | Locale of a 12/7/1941 attack |
| LD | A Russian brand of cigarettes now owned by Japan Tobacco (2) |
| OKINAWA | Largest of the Ryukyu Islands, it was annexed by Japan in 1879 and invaded by US forces in 1945 |
