| PUTIN | Insert the name of an autocratic ruler (5) |
| TSARITSA | Artists represented a wife of an autocratic ruler in pre-Soviet Russia (8) |
| EVERTON | It's never wrong to insert the name of the team (7) |
| DEBAR | Don't allow to insert the key into, love (5) |
| JUICE | From French for "broth", the extract of fruits or vegetables; vitality or vigour; an informal term for alcohol, electricity or fuel; or, the name of an ESA Jupiter mission (5) |
| ROVER | What British car's name was originally the name of an 1884 tricycle? (5) |
| AILSA | '_ Craig' is the name of an onion and a tomato (5) |
| LYDIA | Girl's name derived from the name of an ancient Anatolian kingdom |
| PULSE | What is the name of An Garda Siochana's computer system? (5) |
| THORN | A rose spike or the name of an Anglo-Saxon letter (the one people often mispronounce in 'ye olde Eng |
| YAHOO | Which word coined by Jonathan Swift became the name of an internet giant? (5) |
| LAMER | This French song, made famous in English as Beyond The Sea sung by Bobby Darin, shares the name of an orchestral piece by Debussy (2,3) |
| RSPCA | Abbreviation of the name of an animal welfare charity that gained royal status when Queen Victoria became its patron (1,1,1,1,1) |
| WADDY | What is the name of an Australian Aborigine war club or heavy stick? (5) |
| EAGLE | Word that follows Sam to give the name of an ultra-patriotic Muppet (5) |
| SAMOA | Girl Scout cookie that's also the name of an island country |
| THEBIRDS | What is the name of an ancient comedy by Greek playwright Aristophanes and also the name of an Alfred Hitchcock film? (3,5) |
| TSAR | Originally the supreme autocratic ruler? (4) |
| DICTATION | What the secretary can expect from an autocratic boss (9) |
| POTENTATE | A ruler, especially an autocratic one (9) |
