| WINTERGARDENS | Venue in Blackpool first opened in 1878, often home to annual political conferences (6,7) |
| WINTER | _ _ _ _ _ _ Gardens, entertainment venue in Blackpool that opened in 1878 (6) |
| STATEOFTHEUNION | Annual political speech |
| ILLUMINATIONS | Colourful parts of manuscripts - some are found in Blackpool (13) |
| EUSTON | London station first opened in 1837 and modernised and reopened in 1968 (6) |
| PINEWOOD | Home of the Carry On series of films, this British studio first opened in 1936 |
| KMART | Store first opened in Detroit in 1962 |
| SUEZ | Canal in Egypt first opened in 1869 (4) |
| MOUSETRAP | The _, Agatha Christie murder mystery play which first opened in 1952 (9) |
| BRAMALL | ___ Lane, Sheeld football stadium that first opened in 1855 (7) |
| LIPTON | Tea company with Yellow Label and Iced Tea brands, first opened in Glasgow (6) |
| GREEK | European whose country's railways first opened in 1869 (5) |
| IMPERIALTHEATRE | New Brunswick: Performing arts venue in Saint John which first opened its doors in 1913: 2 wds. |
| WETHERBY | West Yorkshire racecourse first opened in 1891 (8) |
| HYDE | One of London's royal parks, first opened to the public in 1637 (4) |
| CHRISTMASTREES | It's all about search terms relating to annual growth (9,5) |
| NEWYEARSDAY | Eye drawn, say, oddly to annual start (3,5,3) |
| SWAN | Any one of the cobs/pens subject to annual upping on the Thames (4) |
| THESUICIDECLUB | Trilogy of Robert Louis Stevenson short stories first published in The London Magazine in 1878 |
| ANNA | ___ Karenina, novel by Leo Tolstoy first published in book form in 1878 (4) |
