| MIRAMAR | Suburb of Wellington, home to Weta Workshop (7) |
| RONGOTAI | Suburb of Wellington, location of Wellington International Airport (8) |
| BOOTLEG | Part of Wellington used to smuggle liquor (7) |
| RAILWAY | What new thing, the Duke of Wellington complained, would encourage the working classes to move about England? (7) |
| PLIMMER | John ___: English settler who was called 'the father of Wellington' (7) |
| EVERETT | Rupert _ played Duke of Wellington in Napoleon (7) |
| TOWN | NZ broadleaf tree which gives its name to a northern suburb of Wellington (4) |
| PROJECT | "Woke Up Late" band that started out as buskers on the streets of Wellington, Drax ... (7) |
| COCKPIT | Mate having very good time in part of Wellington? |
| LAYDOWN | Set the song party on the outskirts of Wellington (3,4) |
| KHANDALLAH | Suburb of Wellington named after a city in Rajasthan, India's biggest state (10) |
| DCAREA | Where to watch WETA TV |
| KNITWEAR | Bird (rook) eating insect pest (head of weta) - it gets worn out! (8) |
| WATER | Keep plants alive right after weta damage (5) |
| INSECT | Weta, for example (6) |
| DONOTBEND | Advice to man of letters, mafia leader, half of Wellington and one of The Kinks (2,3,4) |
| WHEELIEBIN | Women from part of Wellington and Ireland mostly come together and refuse to move from here? (7,3) |
| HUNTER | Type of pocket watch with a hinged lid; a brand of wellington boot; or, Scottish anatomist considered a founder of scientific surgery (6) |
| APSLEY | ____ House, home of the first Duke of Wellington by London's Hyde Park Corner (6) |
| COPENHAGEN | Favored horse of the Duke of Wellington |