| COUNTY | Another name for a shire or portion of land separated for administrative purposes (6) |
| CANTON | Subdivision of a country established for political or administrative purposes (6) |
| COMMUNES | The smallest territorial divisions in France for administrative purposes (8) |
| HORSEFAIR | For a shire you could resort to this |
| APART | Separated for a bit (5) |
| CAPE | Area of land separated from the Nova Scotia peninsula on mainland Canada by the Strait of Canso (4,6,6) |
| ISLEOFWIGHT | Body of land separated from England by the Solent (4,2,5) |
| YOKO | "John and ___ separated for a year / But we're not like them, no / Nothing like them" (Car Seat Headrest lyrics) |
| DISTRICT | A region defined for an administrative purpose. |
| PARCEL | A paper-wrapped bundle for posting; a portion of land; or, a derogatory term for a group or pack of people of a specified sort (6) |
| RIBBON | A watchspring; a band-saw; or, one of the strips of cloth on a maypole, a morris dancer's costume or a shire horse's plaited mane (6) |
| CRETAN | Portion of land missing a sign of sun for Mediterranean resident (6) |
| TORPOR | Numbness in the foot, or portion of it (6) |
| PERIOD | Length or portion of time (6) |
| MANTRA | Hymn or portion of the text chanted, intoned as prayer |
| BRASS | An amulet or charm in the form of a bell, heart, moon, star, sun-flash etc for the harness of a shire or similar draught animal; or, the copper alloy used to make said ornament (5) |
| QUANGO | As being no good, nothing for administrative body (6) |
| OFFICE | Place for administrative business (6) |
| RATION | Fixed allowance or portion, esp. of food (6) |
| SECTOR | An area or portion that is distinct from other (6) |
