| DENNISLILLEE | Australian cricketer whose aluminium bat caused controversy in 1979 |
| RUSHDIE | British novelist who caused controversy in the Islamic world, Salman ... |
| DON | Australian cricketer whose Test centuries included 334 against England at Leeds in 1930 (3,7) |
| BRADMAN | Australian cricketer whose Test centuries included 334 against England at Leeds in 1930 (3,7) |
| DIXIE | ___ Chicks, band whose opposition to the Iraq war caused controversy (5) |
| MANET | Painter whose "Olympia" caused controversy for its depiction of a sex worker |
| POLES | Jackson Pollock's famous painting which caused controversy when the Australian National Gallery paid |
| KINSEY | Which US sex researcher's reports caused controversy when published in 1948 and 1953? (6) |
| WHOWANTSTOBEAMILLIONAIRE | TV series in which Major Charles Ingram caused controversy (3,5,2,2,1,11) |
| CLARK | While singing a duet with Harry Belafonte on American television in 1968, which British singer caused controversy by holding his arm? (6,5) |
| PETULA | While singing a duet with Harry Belafonte on American television in 1968, which British singer caused controversy by holding his arm? (6,5) |
| RADIOCONTROLLED | Remotely handled broadcast scam caused controversy online |
| MCCLEAN | Which Ireland international caused some controversy in England with his refusal to wear a poppy? (7) |
| FLAG | Object of controversy in South Carolina |
| CONSERVATORY | It creates a controversy in Belvedere perhaps (12) |
| REISSUE | Soldier finds controversy in new edition (7) |
| PERGAU | Malaysian dam which was the subject of controversy in 1994 (6) |
| CROWN | Crest causes controversy in transportation company (5) |
| BARROW | Local controversy in Cumbrian town |
| STIR | Controversy in Scottish city after dumping fish (4) |
