| COURTCIRCULAR | A daily report of the activities and engagements of the sovereign (5,8) |
| CIRCULAR | Court ___, daily report of the activities and engagements of the sovereign (8) |
| COSTCO | Place to buy bread, gym equipment, and engagement rings |
| EXTREMESPORTS | X Games activities, and, in a way, what can be found in this puzzle's circles |
| RETURNMATCHES | Give back lights for second engagements of same teams (6,7) |
| GOVERNINGBODY | A group that manages or controls the activities of an organisation or sport (9,4) |
| LOVE | "The occupation of the idle man, the distraction of the warrior, the peril of the sovereign," per Na |
| FORTSUMTER | The site of the first engagement of the American Civil War |
| ILLEGAL | Against the law, like most of the activities Debbie Dingle has been getting up to in the Dales recently (7) |
| SITE | Location of some of the activities it embraces (4) |
| NUCLEUS | Separated from the rest of the cell by the nuclear membrane, this structure controls and regulates the activities of the cell. |
| SUMTER | The 1861 battle at Fort ___ was the opening engagement of the American Civil War (6) |
| MESHING | Engagement of the teeth of gear wheels, so that one drives the other (7) |
| HANSARD | The official report of the proceedings of the British Parliament (7) |
| CIVILLIST | Forerunner of the Sovereign Grant, the funding provided to support the official duties of The Queen (5,4) |
| REGENT | Name the person who exercises the ruling power in a kingdom during the absence of the sovereign (6) |
| BRANDYWINE | Battle of ___, engagement of the American Revolution fought on September 11, 1777 (10) |
| BULLRUN | First Battle of ?, first major engagement of the American Civil War, in July 1861 (4,3) |
| INCHON | Battle of ___ , decisive engagement of the Korean War in 1950 (6) |
| SPIONKOP | Battle of --- ---, military engagement of the Second Boer War, fought in January 1900 (5,3) |
