| BURLEYGRIFFIN | Created by the damming of the Molonglo River in 1963, the lake in the middle of Canberra is named fo |
| LAKEPARRAMATTA | Body of water in New South Wales created by the damming of Hunt Creek in 1855 |
| OMALLEY | Which suburb of Canberra is named after the person who played a prominent role in the establishment of the capital and has the postcode 2606? (7) |
| CANBERRA | The capital city of Australia, on the Molonglo River (8) |
| LAKEBURLEYGRIFFIN | Body of water in the middle of Canberra (4,6,7) |
| ORDEALS | Adores sailing round the lake in the trials (7) |
| PLAN | Criticise the lake in the drawing (4) |
| BEARDED | In centre of Canberra, wriggling adder confronted (7) |
| BROOKE | Poet penning piece in centre of Canberra (6) |
| STAROFLENIN | Sheep shearing whizz Godfrey Bowen was awarded two top Soviet awards in 1963, the Hero of Socialist Labour and The ... (4,2,5) |
| SCANDAL | Christine Keeler was the call-girl at the heart of Britain's political crisis of 1963, the so-called |
| DEREKUNDERWOOD | Kent and England cricketer who took 100 wickets in his debut in 1963, the youngest player ever to do so in a debut season (5,9) |
| ERNIEWISE | In 1963 the Beatles sang Moonlight Bay for the BBC with Eric Morecambe and this comedian (5,4) |
| GREATSLAVE | The --- Lake in N.W. Canada is drained by the Mackenzie River (5,5) |
| NASSER | Large lake (2,030 sq miles), created by damming the River Nile at Aswan (6) |
| CUBA | In February 1963, the world was gripped by a conflict between Khrushchev and Kennedy, known later as the ... Missile Crisis |
| DWINDLE | Breeze on lake in the middle of Bordeaux to diminish gradually (7) |
| ERIE | The lake in "Mistake By the Lake" |
| ACT | The Australian Capital Territory, where the nation's capital city Canberra is located (1,1,1) |
| COOPER | With a left hook dubbed "Enry's Ammer" that floored Muhammad Ali (then Cassius Clay) in 1963, the only man ever to win three Lonsdale belts outright (6) |
