| ULURU | Three universities heartlessly reveal ruined item of Australian heritage |
| COVENTRY | City in the West Midlands (pop about 325,00), with three universities (8) |
| PERSIAN | Painter's caper ruined item of decor (7,6) |
| PERSIANCARPET | Painter's caper ruined item of decor |
| CARPET | Painter's caper ruined item of decor (7,6) |
| SUITCASE | Sauce - it's ruined item of luggage (8) |
| EUCALYPTUSTREES | Makeup of nearly three-quarters of Australian forests |
| ADELAIDE | Class of Australian frigates or the capital of South Australia |
| FANTASM | Vision of lover on half of Australian island |
| ROOBAR | Item on front of Australian vehicle |
| DINGO | Doing nothing out of order -- it's part of Australian nature (5) |
| MOCKED | Made fun of Australian boor, with cut, needing care of doctor |
| GOANNA | Name for a member of the family of Australian lizards which may range in size from 20cm to the 2m lo |
| BUSHRANGER | Type of Australian outlaw who was the subject of the folk song, The Wild Colonial Boy |
| BUNYIP | Bellowing monster of Australian Aboriginal legend said to inhabit inland bodies of water such as swamps and devour its human prey (6) |
| KANGAROO | Any of six large species of Australian marsupials noted for hopping and bouncing on their hind legs. |
| ELLIEBUTTROSE | After curating the award-winning exhibition, Archie Moore's kith and kin. at the 2024 Venice Biennale, who has been appointed curator of the 2026 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art? (5.8) |
| ASTRINGENCY | Harshness of Australian reduced when in power (11) |
| AYERSROCK | Monolith of Australian Northern Territory (5,4) |
| TWENTY | Cardinal downing half of Australian beer (6) |
