| EDSA | A Manila (Philippines) avenue made significant during the Martial Law ending the Marcos regime |
| MIDAS | The Marcos Mini-marcos evolved into this kit car (5) |
| LYMEREGIS | Dorset town where Mary Anning made significant fossil discoveries in the 19th century |
| NEUMANN | John von ____ made significant contributions to quantum mechanics, economics and computing |
| TOOKPAINS | Made significant efforts |
| PENG | Li ____ was the Chinese leader who declared martial law in Beijing during the Tiananmen square protests (4) |
| TEL | Martial law was imposed by the British on the Jewish city of ... Aviv in March, 1947, following more |
| BRUCELEE | Asian-American actor who founded the martial art Jeet Kune Do ('the way of the intercepting fist') in the 1960s (5,3) |
| ENTER | The martial arts film that introduced Bruce Lee to the western world, ... The Dragon |
| SPEIGHT | Fijian rebel leader, whose armed takeover of parliament has led to the imposition of martial law |
| OUTSMART | Flouts martial law covertly to get the better of them |
| ISHOTTHESHERIFF | Vocal admission of a serious breach of martial law? (1,4,3,7) |
| FILIPINO | Would he enclose his CV in a Manila folder? (8) |
| THEKARATE | Pat Morita played the martial arts instructor ('Wax on, wax off') in the film, ... Kid (3,6) |
| NINJA | The martial arts expert gets German agreement after destroying the inn (5) |
| ALL | Everyone's arrested during martial law (3) |
| CLASP | Metal fastener on a manila envelope |
| CHINAMAN | Delivery pouch in a manila envelope (8) |
| PESO | Piece of a Manila folder? |
| GENERALRULE | Usual way of doing things under martial law? (7,4) |
