| MUNICIPALITY | Governing body of international partner blocking opening of modern university and business centre (12) |
| FIDE | Official governing body of international chess competition (1,1,1,1) |
| POLYTECHNIC | Predecessor of modern university (11) |
| MEXICANWAVE | Former partner blocking unusually manic surge in a crowd movement? (7,4) |
| TIC | Acronym for Tourist Information Centre (1-1-1) |
| ODOWD | The IT Crowd star Chris has rum around town centre (1'4) |
| INTERN | Apprentice international partner for 14 |
| TSHIRT | Top this innovative arts centre (1-5) |
| ESSENTIALLY | Bridge rivals addressed by international partner, primarily (11) |
| AIFF | Name the governing body of the Futsal and Beach Soccer in India? (1,1,1,1) |
| FIBA | Governing body of world basketball, abbreviation (1,1,1,1) |
| NRA | Governing body of target shooting sports in UK (1,1,1) |
| MODULI | The absolute values of small modern university on island (6) |
| TWOTIMED | Ratted on man in misery, blocking opening stages of the divorce (3-5) |
| ASP | Governing body of professional surfing (1,1,1) |
| ICC | Global governing body of cricket (1,1,1) |
| LTA | Governing body of GB tennis (1,1,1) |
| IDC | Identify this governing body of a world-level sport in India for which Devesh Srivastava is the president? (1,1,1) |
| POLITBURO | The former central policy-making and governing body of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (9) |
| AFC | Governing body of football, beach soccer, and futsal in some countries/territories in Asia and Oceania (Abbr.) |
