| MACAO | Which area near Hong Kong was returned to China in December 1999 after 442 years of Portuguese rule? (5) |
| POSINGINPLAYBOY | What Naomi Campbell was "guilty" of in December 1999 |
| CROWNCOLONY | Hong Kong was one |
| HONGKONG | Which former British colony was returned to China in 1997? (4,4) |
| HODDLE | Who was sacked as England manager in 1999 after making controversial comments about the disabled? (6) |
| YELTSIN | First President of the Russian Federation, 1991-1999, after the collapse of the Soviet Union (7) |
| GOA | Site of the Pinto revolt against Portuguese rule |
| UNITA | Angolan movement which fought against Portuguese rule and, later, the Marxist MPLA |
| ADMIRALTY | Winston Churchill was returned to his post as First Lord Of The ... on September 4, 1939, a post he held at the outbreak of the previous war |
| ATOLL | A bit of Sellotape was returned to the island (5) |
| MACAU | Former Portuguese colony near Hong Kong (5) |
| SOUTHCHINASEA | Part of Pacific Ocean that's near Hong Kong (5,5,3) |
| SNUG | Fire-arm was returned to a bar parlour (4) |
| TIARA | Headdress, it was returned to an academician (5) |
| TITHE | It was returned to the church levy (5) |
| PECKHAM | In which area of London is Only Fools and Horses set? (7) |
| ORLY | Which area in Paris lent its name to an international airport? (4) |
| HAMPSTEAD | Which area in London, four miles from Charing Cross, has more millionaires living within its boundar |
| PORTLANDOREGON | In 1981, U2's Bono had a briefcase with handwritten lyrics stolen in this U.S. city; in 2003, the briefcase was returned after he had mentioned it during a 2001 concert there |
| CHINASEAS | Waters near Hong Kong and Shanghai |
