| INTERNET | "The ___ is becoming the town square for the global village of tomorrow": Bill Gates (8) |
| MCLUHAN | Marshall ___, Canadian philosopher credited with the phrase, "the global village" (7) |
| ROLLERMANIA | Nickname for the global success in the mid-1970s of a boy band from Edinburgh (11) |
| ICC | Initially, they call the shots for the global bat and ball game |
| PIZZABOX | Perfect square for the circumference of pie |
| EXCHANGE | Global village |
| OCTAVIAN | Name of Augustus before becoming the first emperor of Rome in 27 BC (8) |
| BERKELEY | Town square in London's Mayfair whose residents have included Winston Churchill and Harry Selfridge (8) |
| STIRLING | He beat the great Juan Fangio into second place, becoming the first Briton to win the Mille Miglia; |
| PAKISTAN | Benazir Bhutto became prime minister of this country in 1988, becoming the first female PM of a Muslimmajority nation |
| STOUTEST | Sets out the first becoming the strongest (8) |
| PRISONER | Edmond Dantes, e.g., before becoming the Count of Monte Cristo |
| CERBERUS | Drunken cur's swallowed beer, becoming the dog from hell (8) |
| TESSELLATION | Word, from the Greek for "four", thus the Latin for "cube, die, square", for the act or art of perfectly interlocking, mosaicking or tiling shapes, leaving neither spaces nor gaps (12) |
| ARENA | Locate a place for games in the town square, naturally (5) |
| RESULT | Achieved the best outcome in the town square, ultimately (6) |
| WALES | The Prince of _ was escorted around Albert Square for the Platinum Jubilee (5) |
| MAIN | Street through the town square, often |
| PDA | Canoodling in the town square, e.g. |
| EVEREST | Somewhat severe square for the roof of the world? (7) |
