| ARECIBO | Site of what was, until July 2016, the world's largest radio telescope |
| SNL | TV series airing from what was once the world's largest radio studio |
| BRORA | Small town in the Highlands (pop 1,200), the site of what used to be the most northerly coalmine in the UK (5) |
| NORFOLK | County, location of Happisburgh, site of what is believed by scientists and archaeologists to be the first known human settlement in the UK and northern Europe (7) |
| PLYMOUTH | Site of what many regard as the first Thanksgiving |
| THERESAMAY | Leader of the Conservative Party and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from July 2016 |
| LOVELL | Sir Bernard -; founder of Jodrell Bank where he designed and built what was the world's largest steerable radio telescope (6) |
| OFWALES | In 2016, the Prince ... and the Duchess of Cornwall visited the Royal Norfolk Show (2, 5) |
| LIONS | Of what was the Old Man dreaming, in the 9 4 of The Old Man and the Sea? (5) |
| JODRELLBANK | British observatory with a number of radio telescopes, part of the University of Manchester Departme |
| ROBERTVAUGHN | Actor who died in December 2016, the last surviving member of the original Magnificent Seven in the 1960 film |
| EARLWEAVER | "Don't worry, the fans don't start booing until July." |
| SEARS | Tower in Chicago was, until 1997, the world's tallest building (5) |
| BROKE | Penniless, as Walford"s Alfie Moon was until he and Kat won the lottery (5) |
| CLAIRE | Former MP - Rail Minister from July 2014 to July 2016 (6, 5) |
| PENNY | Former MP - Rail Minister from July 2014 to July 2016 (6, 5) |
| MARTIALART | RIO 2016: The Olympic sport of Judo: 2 wds. |
| MYRON | RIO 2016: The Discus Thrower sculptor of ancient Athens |
| BALOO | Bear voiced by Bill Murray in the 2016 "The Jungle Book" remake |
| ARAL | Name of what was once the world's second-largest saltwater lake |
