| IRIS | One king is showing the flag (4) |
| ENSIGN | American officer showing the flag (6) |
| UNFURLING | Showing the flag? (9) |
| FLYINGCOLOURS | Great success in showing the flag (6-7) |
| PENNON | Quaker colonist gets on, showing the flag (6) |
| REDENSIGN | Embarrassed junior officer showing the flag (3,6) |
| START | The button with the flag on at the bottom left of the Windows desktop. (5) |
| SALTIRE | From the Latin for "dance" or "leap", the St Andrew's cross on the flag of Scotland; or, the nickname of said colours (7) |
| ORANGE | Around the fire for what's at the end of the flag (6) |
| CRESCENT | This narrow curved shape represents Islam on the flag of Malaysia and progress on the flag of Pakist |
| PARADISE | Appearing on the flag of the South Pacific nation, Papua New Guinea, is the bird of ... |
| JUMPATTHECHANCE | When she was asked to carry the flag at the opening ceremony, the pole vaulter didn't hesitate to ___ |
| COMPASSIONFATIGUE | What puts the "flag" in flag days? |
| RUNUP | Raise the flag at the cricket ground? |
| OLDGLORY | A nickname for the flag of the United States (3,5) |
| ISLEOFMAN | Where the flag flies three feet off the ground? (4,2,3) |
| STANDARDENGLISH | The proper way to talk of the flag, shingle being broken (8,7) |
| PATRIOTS | The old man, one among lefties who may wave the flag? |
| ANDSTRIPES | Nickname for the flag of the United States of America, Stars ... (3,7) |
| RUNNERUP | The one who hoists the flag came second (6-2) |