| STOCKTON | ___ and Darlington Railway, former public railway that was first in the world to use steam locomotives (8) |
| STEPHENSON | George ___, English engineer who built the first public railway line in the world to use steam locomotives (10) |
| RHEIDOL | 'Vale of', narrow gauge Railway that was part of B.R. (7) |
| TEES | River crossed by a railway suspension bridge on the Stockton & Darlington Railway (4) |
| EDWARD | _ _ _ _ _ _ Pease - promoter of the Stockton and Darlington Railway (6) |
| HAMMAM | Recalled mother going to hotel to use steam room |
| TELEFUNKEN | German radio and TV apparatus manufacturer that was the first in the world to sell televisions with cathode-ray tubes (10) |
| ROSSI | Who is the only football player in the world to have won the World Cup, Golden Boot, Golden Ball and Ballon d'or awards - all four in the same year? (5) |
| DELTA | In 1997, which airline became first in the world to board more than 100 million passengers in one year? (5) |
| KIRIBATI | First country in the world to enter the New Year, in the central Pacific SW of Hawaii (8) |
| AMISS | Which former English opener became the first player ever in the world to score a century in ODIS? (5) |
| HUGH | Who became the first player in the world to perform two hat-tricks in Test cricket? (4) |
| DARLIGNTON | One of the terminal towns on the world's first public railway (10) |
| DARLINGTON | One of the terminal towns on the world's first public railway (10) |
| GEORGIADOME | Only facility in the world to have hosted the Olympics, Super Bowl and Final Four |
| EPIE | Gilles ___, renowned French chef who was the youngest in the world to receive a Michelin Star (4) |
| TRANSSIBERIAN | The railway that takes you from Vladivostock to Moscow, one of the great train journeys of the world |
| OAKAPPLE | ___ Day, former public holiday on May 29 in Britain commemorating the Restoration in 1660 (3,5) |
| LED | Was first in the ratings |
| WON | Was first in the end |
