| GATESHEAD | Town on the Tyne, site of a tilt bridge depicted on first-class stamps in 2000 and British one pound |
| PLUMPURPLE | The official colour of UK first class stamps (4,6) |
| JANUS | The Roman god of doorways, passages and bridges, depicted with two heads facing opposite ways |
| LEEK | Vegetable depicted on British one pound coins issued in 1985 and 1990 (4) |
| HOLLYGREEN | The official colour of UK second class stamps (5,5) |
| SEVENTYTHREE | The U.S. Postal Service last week proposed a first-class stamp price increase from 68 cents to this many, starting in July; it would be the second price increase this year |
| ONECENT | First-class stamp cost, in 1924 |
| IMPRINT | Island priest invested in first-class stamp (7) |
| BONAPARTE | French leader and British one keeping away from each other? (9) |
| BENAINSLIE | English sailor and three-times Olympic gold medallist, in the Laser class in 2000 and the Finn class in 2004 and 2008 |
| GUTTER | Space between two facing pages of an open book, columns of type or stamps in a pane; a duct for diverting rainwater; or, a channel at either side of a bowling alley (6) |
| LYTHGOE | Surname of Nigel, a judge on Popstars in 2000 and the US version of So You Think You Can Dance between 2005-19 (7) |
| NEWCASTLE | City on the Tyne in England and the Hunter in Australia (9) |
| DRAINAGE | Drive on first-class horse for last race? Following the likes of this will have you in the gutter! (8) |
| HINGE | A mount for a postage stamp in philately; device upon which a door swings; or, a joint of a bivalve shell (5) |
| GWB | Pol. who joined past winners Hitler and Stalin as TIME Magazine's Man of the Year in 2000 and 2004 |
| RUSSELLCOUTTS | Sailor who won the America's Cup with Black Magic in 1995, Team New Zealand in 2000, and Alinghi in 2003 (7,6) |
| REGENT | A centre fit for a prince on the Tyne & Wear Metro (6) |
| PANES | Sides of quadrangles; facets of cut diamonds; leaves of postage stamps in booklets; or, "lights" surrounded by window frames (5) |
| HEBBURN | Chris Ramsey comedy which was set in the Tyne & Wear town of the same name (7) |
