| BOULDER | The Hoover Dam was known from 1933-47 as the -Dam (7) |
| ITSATRAP | Oft-memed Admiral Ackbar line from the 45-Across franchise following "We have enemy ships in Sector 47," as heard in this clip |
| BELGIAN | And 5 Name by which the Democratic Republic of the Congo was known from 1908-60 (7,5) |
| ELEANOR | _ Roosevelt, the First Lady of the United States from 1933 to 1945 (7) |
| CARNERA | Primo ___, World Heavyweight boxing champion from 1933-34 (7) |
| NEWDEAL | President Franklin D Roosevelt's economic policy from 1933 (3,4) |
| GESTAPO | Nazi state police from 1933 to 1945 |
| CONGO | Name by which the Democratic Republic of the Congo was known from 1908-60 (7,5) |
| BELGIANCONGO | Name by which the Democratic Republic of the Congo was known from 1908-60 (7,5) |
| ASWANHIGH | The _ _ dam was built on the Nile River in 1971 (with money from the USSR (5-4) |
| BOULDERCITY | City in Nevada originally built as housing for those working on the construction of the Hoover Dam ( |
| MEAD | Lake ?, reservoir in Arizona and Nevada formed by the Hoover Dam across the Colorado River (4) |
| GUYGIBSON | RAF wing commander who led Operation Chastise, later known as the Dam Busters, raid in 1943 |
| GORGES | Yangtze River region in which the notoriously large dam was finished in 2006, the Three ... |
| BRITISHHONDURAS | Name by which the former Crown Colony of Belize was known from 1862 to 1973 (7,8) |
| CITY | City in Nevada, US, originally built for those working on the construction of the Hoover Dam (4) |
| NEV | State across the Hoover Dam from Ariz. |
| USX | Steel giant, as it was known from 1986-2001 |
| STALINGRAD | Name by which the Russian city of Volgograd was known from 1925-61 (10) |
| PETROGRAD | Name by which the Russian city of St Petersburg was known from 1914 to 1924 (9) |
