| DOMAIN | An area or territory controlled by a particular ruler or government (6) |
| DUCHY | Territory controlled by a duke, surviving in England in Lancaster and Cornwall (5) |
| DEPENDENCY | Territory controlled by a mother-country (10) |
| LOYALIST | One staying in support of a ruler or government |
| AUTHORITARIANISM | System of strict obedience to a ruler or government |
| COLONY | Word, preserved in the name of Germany's "perfume city", for a plantation, settlement or territory; or, a group of ants, artists, bacteria, bats, Beaver Scouts or nudists (6) |
| CLUTCH | A hatch of eggs laid by a particular bird or in a single nest (6) |
| ACCENT | A distinctive way of pronouncing a language, especially one associated with an area or class (6) |
| COLUMN | Pillar; vertical row of figures; or, a regular section of a newspaper, written by a particular journalist (6) |
| JARGON | From the Old French meaning "warbling of birds", word for chatter, gibberish or twittering originally, later a pidgin or specialised language used by a particular group (6) |
| MIDDLE | An area or point equal in distance from the ends or periphery. (6) |
| BORDER | What is a fine that separates one state or territory from another (6) |
| POLICY | A plan of action adopted by an individual or government (6) |
| SECTOR | An area or portion that is distinct from other (6) |
| NUNCIO | A papal ambassador to a foreign court or government (6) |
| LUTINE | Row about note given by a particular bell (6) |
| UPDATE | Well-informed by a particular time to carry out modernisation (6) |
| INWARD | ____ investment, that made in a country by foreign companies or governments (6) |
| ROUTED | Sent (by a particular path) |
| TIEDYE | Colour by a particular method |
