| VIRUNGA | ___ (formerly Albert) National Park, established in 1925 in what was then the Belgian Congo (7) |
| WHOSHOTJR | Aired on 11/21/1980, it was then the highest rated episode in TV history |
| SERENGETI | National park established in 1951, in what was then British-controlled Tanganyika (9) |
| PELICAN | White ___ (Colony bird in Prince Albert National Park, in Saskatchewan) |
| DEADSEASCROLLS | Ancient religious manuscripts founded in 1947 in what was then Palestine (4,3,7) |
| NKOMO | Joshua ____ founded the NDP and ZAPU parties which were banned in what was then Rhodesia |
| MOTEL | The first one was built in 1925 in San Luis Obispo, Calif. |
| CALVINCOOLIDGE | He was president in 1925 (In this answer, see letters 7-10) |
| THEGREATGATSBY | Novel published in 1925 in which Nick Carraway is the narrator (3,5,6) |
| WASKESIU | Lake resort destination in Prince Albert National Park called 'Saskatchewan's Playground' |
| BRACKEN | Thomas ___, poet and journalist who in 1876 wrote God Defend New Zealand, which was then set to music (7) |
| ACTAEON | This hunter, a grandson of Cadmus, saw Diana bathing, which meant she turned him into a stag that was then killed by his dogs. In The Merry Wives of Windsor (act 2, scene 1), Pistol says, "Like Sir __ |
| THANDIE | Simon's Run, Fat Boy, Run co-star, as she was then credited, _ Newton (7) |
| ONGOING | Current cable coming out of Belgian Congo (7) |
| EXPENSE | Cost in what was once sound English money |
| BOMA | Port in the Democratic Republic of the Congo; capital of the Belgian Congo until 1926 |
| GRANDCANYON | National Park established in 1919 |
| SOUTHDOWNS | English National Park established in 2011 (5,5) |
| KRUGER | South African national park established in 1926 (6) |
| SNOWDONIA | Welsh national park established in 1951 (9) |
