| ANCIENTGREEK | Old government stink was once the talk of the Mediterranean (7,5) |
| SANSKRIT | It was once the talk of India (8) |
| BOREDOFTRADE | Old government department, weary of discussion, relocated to Defra (5,2,5) |
| BOARDOFTRADE | Old government department, weary of discussion, relocated to Defra (5,2,5) |
| ANCIENREGIME | In Greece, main upset for old government (6,6) |
| CAUSECELEBRE | Controversial issue that's the talk of the town (5,7) |
| ARDALOHANLON | Irish stand-up comedian-actor who authored 1998 novel The Talk of the Town (5,7) |
| NAPLES | This city was once the capital of the Two Sicillies. It lies on the west coast of the Italian peninsula, 120 miles (190 km) southeast of Rome. Mount Vesuvius to its east and the Campi Flegrei (Phlegra |
| KIEV | What was once the capital of Russia and is now the capital of the Ukraine and one of the oldest citi |
| GRANTANDARTHUR | Two stars of the 1942 comedy "The Talk of the Town" |
| DOGGO | Hidden party limiting old Government repeatedly (5) |
| SPOOF | In which old government department actions sent up? |
| FORUM | Where to meet old government department following convention? No! |
| FOREST | Break with old government department that has branches everywhere |
| BEOFF | Regressive old government department cutting month's leave |
| WARRANTOFFICER | Old government department right to lock up shouting sergeant-major? (7,7) |
| REIGN | Old government department escaping from external rule |
| OHANLON | Ardal, comedian and author of The Talk of the Town (7) |
| VENICE | It is an island city that was once the centre of a maritime republic. It was the greatest seaport in late medieval Europe and the continent's commercial and cultural link to Asia. In Much Ado About No |
| REIMS | French city whose cathedral was once the place of coronation of the Kings of France (5) |
