| BEARGRYLLS | Adventurer appointed the youngest-ever Chief Scout of the United Kingdom and Overseas Territories in 2009 |
| GRYLLS | Adventurer, survivalist and youngest-ever Chief Scout well known as the host of television series in |
| BEAR | British adventurer appointed chief scout of the UK in 2009 (4,6) |
| COMMONWEALTH | The - - -, organisation consisting of the United Kingdom and most of the countries that were previously under its rule (12) |
| FALKLANDS | Name of the war between the United Kingdom and Argentina featured in multiple films including 2011's The Iron Lady (9) |
| JOHNBULL | National personification of the United Kingdom, and in particular England (4,4) |
| BRITISHCOUNCIL | Body whose remit is "to build mutually beneficial cultural and educational relationships between the United Kingdom and other countries" |
| TOGOLAND | Former German protectorate on the Gulf of Guinea, divided into French and British territories in 1922; the latter joined Ghana in 1957 (8) |
| NUNAVUT | The largest and newest federal territory of Canada, officially separated from the Northwest Territories in 1999 |
| AFC | Governing body of football, beach soccer, and futsal in some countries/territories in Asia and Oceania (Abbr.) |
| BROWNIE | Girl Scout of the youngest level |
| NORTHSEA | Waterway between the United Kingdom and Denmark |
| CUBS | The scouts of the future lose heart in Bucharest (4) |
| ELECTOR | What was the title formerly carried by princes and archbishops of the Holy Roman Empire, who appointed the emperor? (7) |
| BILLCLINTON | He appointed the first female Attorney General and the first female Secretary of State (#42, 1993-20 |
| BETJEMAN | Sir John -; a founding member of the Victorian Society, appointed the UK's Poet Laureate in 1972 (8) |
| LAND | The former territories in Canada granted by Charles II to the Hudson's Bay Company in 1670 (7,4) |
| RUPERTS | The former territories in Canada granted by Charles II to the Hudson's Bay Company in 1670 (7,4) |
| GSP | Girl Scout of the Philippines |
| TENDERFOOT | Boy Scout of the lowest rank |
