| WELFARESTATE | Form of government which the 1942 Beveridge Report led to (7,5) |
| NARRATION | Report led to the North getting share (9) |
| NATIONALHEALTHSERVICE | "Medical treatment [...] will be provided for all citizens by a ____" (Beveridge Report, 1942) |
| COMMONWEALTH | A form of government in which power rests with the people (12) |
| ITHADTOBEYOU | 1924 song performed by, among others, Dooley Wilson in the 1942 film Casablanca and Diane Keaton in the 1977 film Annie Hall |
| DOOLEYWILSON | Actor who played Sam in the 1942 film Casablanca (6,6) |
| IRVINGBERLIN | Who wrote the 1942 hit song "White Christmas"? (6,6) |
| ASTIMEGOESBY | Jazz song by U.S. songwriter Herman Hupfeld that features in the 1942 film Casablanca (2,4,4,2) |
| DICTATORSHIP | Absolute form of government |
| SSIA | Scheme introduced by the Bertie Ahern government which gave savers a top-up of 25%. (1,1,1,1) |
| TITO | Nickname of the vodka magnate Bert Beveridge |
| THOREAU | Philosopher who wrote, "Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison" |
| GRANTANDARTHUR | Two stars of the 1942 comedy "The Talk of the Town" |
| DEMOCRATIC | Pertaining to the form of government in which electoral power rests with the people |
| TIT | Vodka mogul Beveridge (whose surname is incredibly apt!) |
| GUADALCANAL | The 1942-3 ____ campaign was named after the largest of the independent Solomon Islands |
| OLIGARCH | Name one of the rulers in a form of government in which the power is vested in a few (8) |
| DEMOCRACY | Form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people (9) |
| PIDGEON | Walter, Canadian-U.S. actor who played the husband of the title character in the 1942 film Mrs Miniver (7) |
| OFALL | Famous quote from the 1942 film Casablanca, "_ _ the gin joints in all the towns in all the world..." (2,3) |
