| REFUSENIK | Criminal in UK frees dissident |
| SPIV | Petty criminal, in Britain |
| CABINETMINISTER | Criminal in Britain meets with Conservative politician (7,8) |
| RAILCAR | Bird - robin in UK, roadrunner in US (7) |
| NEARSIDE | Abandoned in Red Sea, it's left in UK |
| OFFSIDE | Illegal position in game is right in UK (7) |
| CANDIDATE | One stands in UK or runs in US (9) |
| APRIL | Month in which beech trees leaf in UK (5) |
| OXO | When this brand of stock cubes first appeared in UK shops in 1910 they cost a penny for each small r |
| UNISEX | Cut in taxes in UK during recession applicable to men and women (6) |
| LOCKOUT | Bar employees in UK company working in film studio (4,3) |
| KAHUNA | An authority in Hawaii rejects article that's a laugh in UK (6) |
| OBSTRUCTS | Bars and courts ridiculously packed in summer time in UK |
| ASTEROID | Piece of music played in UK cinemas, composed in 1968 by Pete Moore for advertising firm Pearl & Dean |
| CREEK | An inlet in UK or a stream in US (5) |
| ALLIS | Fish, rare in UK, though spawning in Tamar estuary (*hails lads) (5,4) |
| SHAD | Fish, rare in UK, though spawning in Tamar estuary (*hails lads) (5,4) |
| TWAITE | Species of shad endangered in UK - in bait waiter! (6) |
| WHIMBREL | In UK this bird breeds only in northern Scotland (8) |
| UNDERWEAR | The German runner in UK crowned by one in French clothing |
