| TURFWAR | Dispute over territory or a sphere of influence (4,3) |
| COLONY | Word, preserved in the name of Germany's "perfume city", for a plantation, settlement or territory; or, a group of ants, artists, bacteria, bats, Beaver Scouts or nudists (6) |
| ODE | "___ to the Cat" (Pablo Neruda poem with the line "emperor without a sphere of influence") |
| FIELD | Background of a flag or heraldic shield; or, a sphere of knowledge (5) |
| ORBITAL | Gangster behind sphere of influence passing around outskirts of town (7) |
| RUTLAND | Bucks? Something of that ilk appears when deer get excited over territory |
| ARENA | Sand-covered centre of an ancient Roman amphitheatre for staging gladiatorial combats; sports stadium; or, a sphere of action (5) |
| IRELAND | Anger over territory is nothing new to it |
| MANDATE | Sphere of influence |
| DOMAINS | Spheres of influence |
| FIREBALL | An orb of lightning; a sphere of flames or burning gases; a bright exploding meteor, aka a bolide; thus a human dynamo or powerhouse (8) |
| EDITWAR | Dispute over a Wikipedia page |
| SPARKLE | Dispute over cabbage lacking a shine (7) |
| DOMAIN | The highest taxonomic rank in binomial nomenclature; a sphere of knowledge; or, in computing, a set of network addresses identified by a common name (6) |
| WORSHIP | Dispute over vessel in divine service (7) |
| SPARROW | Bird caused dispute, over noise? |
| ORLANDO | Old wife avoids dispute over property in American city (7) |
| VERMONT | Dispute over Montana includes other region. (7) |
| FREIGHT | Dispute over extremely radioactive consignment (7) |
| SPANNER | Dispute over new Tyneside bridge (7) |
