| HONGKONG | Which former British colony was returned to China in 1997? (4,4) |
| NATAL | Pietermaritzburg was the capital of which former British colony in Africa? (5) |
| MACAO | Which area near Hong Kong was returned to China in December 1999 after 442 years of Portuguese rule? (5) |
| ALASKA | Which Russian colony was purchased by the USA (6) |
| PENN | William for whom a colony was named |
| OVETT | Which former British middle-distance runner, born in 1955, had a great rivalry with his fellow count |
| ROVER | Which former British car maker's emblem features a Viking longboat? (5) |
| ATOLL | A bit of Sellotape was returned to the island (5) |
| SNUG | Fire-arm was returned to a bar parlour (4) |
| TIARA | Headdress, it was returned to an academician (5) |
| TITHE | It was returned to the church levy (5) |
| ADMIRALTY | Winston Churchill was returned to his post as First Lord Of The ... on September 4, 1939, a post he held at the outbreak of the previous war |
| GRENADA | Island state in the Caribbean, a former British colony which became independent in 1974 (7) |
| ADEN | Seaport of Yemen which was a former British colony (4) |
| OKINAWA | Which Japanese island captured in WWII was returned in 1972? (7) |
| MALAYSIA | Former British colony which refused World Bank and IMF aid packages during the 1997 Asian financial |
| RHODESIA | Former British colony in central Africa (8) |
| ORANGEFREESTATE | Former British colony in fruitless situation? (6,4,5) |
| DOMINICA | Fare fixed by taxi slightly reduced in former British colony |
| JAMBALAYA | Cajun dish Juliet baked originally in a former British colony |
