| SPLENDID | Term referring to Britain's late 19th- century refusal to form international alliances, - isolation (8) |
| TESTMATCH | A long form international cricket game, usually as part of a series (4,5) |
| TED | Britain's late poet laureate, ... Hughes |
| ISOLATIONIST | Person who opposes the involvement of their country in international alliances, agreements, etc. (12) |
| ENTENTES | International alliances |
| SHAPEUP | Grant mostly securing international alliance's progress (5,2) |
| ASPS | Archaic term referring to venomous snakes, one of which is believed to have killed Cleopatra (4) |
| MENSREA | Legal term referring to the intention to commit a crime (4,3) |
| ESCALOPE | From French for "shell", a culinary term referring to a flattened cutlet of meat, typically breaded and fried in a similar manner to schnitzel (8) |
| JULIENNE | French culinary term referring to a portion of vegetables cut into matchstick-sized pieces as a garnish; or, a consomme to which a mixture of said allumette has been added (8) |
| BOATPEOPLE | Term referring to illegal immigrants or asylum seekers who arrive en masse by sea (4,6) |
| STACCATO | In music, a term referring to notes which are short, clipped and separate (8) |
| RARE | Term referring to meat that has been very lightly cooked (4) |
| ALDENTE | Italian cookery term referring to food being firm when eaten |
| PUEBLO | A Spanish-language term referring to a town or other small settlement (6) |
| LALLANS | Term referring to dialects of the Lowlands of Scotland (7) |
| BESTIE | Slang term referring to one's closest friend (6) |
| TROUSSEAU | Old term referring to a bride's outfit of clothes and linen (9) |
| REBOOT | Term referring to the revival of a popular series, such as Dallas in 2012 (6) |
| WIPEOUT | Surfing term referring to falling off a surfboard when riding a wave (4,3) |
