| DISAVOW | Reject visa forged in Germany over the beginning of Weihnachten (7) |
| UNDERGROWN | And in Germany, over the outskirts of Wiesbaden, Roger manoeuvred and stunted (10) |
| DENMARK | Country in dispute with Germany over the Schleswig-Holstein Question, resolved in the wake of the First World War (7) |
| VERBOTEN | Subject to ban in Germany over bent bananas (8) |
| GERMAN | Frohe Weihnachten is Happy Christmas in which language? (6) |
| BUNDESBANK | Newly baked buns close to Weihnachten: a German institution! |
| FROHE | ___ Weihnachten how to wish your German friend a Merry Christmas! |
| CONTEST | Dispute that the notes were forged, in court (7) |
| IRONAGE | Period forged in history books? |
| MOUNTDOOM | Volcano where the One Ring was forged in 'The Lord of the Rings' |
| SILVER | Used in cloud-seeding to create rain and associated with the moon, a metal originally forged in supernova explosions that also exists dissolved in seawater (6) |
| DEADDUCK | Deal endlessly with Germany over zilch? It's doomed to failure (4,4) |
| TANNENBERG | Battle during August 1914 which saw a decisive win by Germany over Russia (10) |
| WISCONSIN | Wins coins forged in the US (9) |
| MARLEYSGHOST | Dickens character who says "I wear the chain I forged in life" |
| MARLEYSG | Fictional character who says "I wear the chain I forged in life" |
| THEYEARDOT | Toy, forged in red heat, right at the start (3,4,3) |
| BAGS | Items forged in the novel "Counterfeit" |
| ANVIL | Canadian band of "Forged in Fire" |
| AVALON | Island where Excalibur was forged in Arthurian legends (6) |
