| GUBU | Which acronym is synonymous with Charles Haughey's 1982 government? (4) |
| SSNZ | Which acronym is the name of the association formed by the Southern Hemisphere's four leading rugby nations? (7) |
| HIDEAWAY | Haughey's capital notion leads to route for retreat (8) |
| FEELINGTHEPINCH | What Haughey's sensing when Mara says 'no more nibbling at my leader's bum' - we're going through austerity (7,3,5) |
| STASH | Word that is synonymous with, and rhymes with, "cache" |
| BOLERO | Which Ravel composition is synonymous with ice skaters Torvill and Dean? (6) |
| FLEET | Which London street is synonymous with the newspaper industry? (5) |
| PADSTOW | Which Cornwall town is synonymous with celebrity chef Rick Stein? (7) |
| MADISONAVENUE | Which New York thoroughfare is synonymous with the advertising industry? (7,6) |
| GEORGIAN | Dublin's Henrietta Street is synonymous with which style of architecture? (8) |
| ARRAS | Town in northern France which is synonymous with tapestry (5) |
| FLESH | Part of the body that, with blood, is synonymous with kin (5) |
| MACYS | Which company is synonymous with New York City's annual Thanksgiving Parade? (5) |
| ABELIA | Hardy deciduous genus of which corymbosa is synonymous with a zabelia (6) |
| HOTDOG | Foodstuff which in the US is synonymous with baseball (6) |
| BROADWAY | New York street which is synonymous with the world of theatre (8) |
| SC | Which acronym describes the equipment which allows divers to swim underwater? (5) |
| BREAD | Crumb, loaf, piece or rooty that, with "butter", is synonymous with one's crust/livelihood, sustenance, the everyday or ordinary, a tartine or a "Collins" letter thanking a host (5) |
| DONJUAN | The name of which legendary nobleman of dissolute habits is synonymous with rake, roue and aristocratic libertine? (3,4) |
| CHILLI | College for the Dubs on island is synonymous with Heat (6) |
