| DAVISCUP | Annual international team event in men's tennis last won by Britain in 2015 (5,3) |
| DAVIS | Premier international team event in men's tennis, the ... Cup |
| STARFISH | ___ sites, large-scale nighttime decoys created by Britain in WWII to simulate burning cities (8) |
| PARALLEL | ____ bars, event in men's gymnastics that usually follows vault in competitions (8) |
| AMERICAS | The ... Cup is a sailing trophy last won by the yacht Alinghi in 2003 (8) |
| LIVERIES | International team's second to wear unusual silver uniforms (8) |
| MARTELLO | Small circular fort used by Britain for coastal defence at the time of the Napoleonic Wars (8) |
| HANDICAP | Disadvantage sounds convenient for international team member |
| GOHUNGRY | Words encouraging international team to evacuate area fast |
| SCOTLAND | International team's way to win, holding firm |
| MAKARIOS | Archbishop of the Orthodox Church of Cyprus, leader of the struggle for enosis (union) with Greece during postwar occupation by Britain (8) |
| LAVATORY | Volcanic discharge by UK MP in toilet (8) |
| FEDCUP | Premier international women's tennis team competition, last won by the Czech Republic in 2016 (3,3) |
| FED | ? Cup, premier international women's tennis team competition, last won by the United States in 2017 (3) |
| ASCENSION | Island in the South Atlantic, North West of Saint Helena, claimed by Britain in 1815 (9) |
| ROCKALL | Small island in the Atlantic Ocean annexed by Britain in 1955 (7) |
| ASANTE | One of the spellings of an empire and region in modern-day Ghana that was annexed by Britain in 1902 |
| OLDS | Princely state of north-central India, annexed by Britain in 1856 |
| OUDH | Princely state of north-central India, annexed by Britain in 1856 |
| BOERWAR | Either of two conflicts fought by Britain in S Africa |
