| BURN | Brand of British vessel (4) |
| ACCESS | Brand of British credit card, replaced by MasterCard in 1996 (6) |
| BISTO | A well-known brand of British foods including its gravy powder, originally named for "browning, seasoning and thickening in one" (5) |
| KRAB | Steel link held back British vessel (4) |
| BARK | British vessel, sailing ship (4) |
| HMS | Letters on a British vessel |
| AORTA | Abandon a missing British vessel |
| BREWER | One might make porter get on British vessel (6) |
| TEACUP | British vessel? |
| EMBARKED | Went aboard British vessel entering eastern Mediterranean (8) |
| BERLINER | German with hesitation boarding British vessel |
| REDESIGN | Style differently flag British vessel flies, removing name (8) |
| BREWERY | British vessel with unknown local supplier |
| REDENSIGN | Embarrassed by junior officer seen waving on a British vessel (3,6) |
| BURNS | British vessels in Scottish waters (5) |
| LANE | Reading Best of British, say, more women and I partly are confused. (1,4,4,6,4) |
| YEAR | _ _ _ _ Of The Cat, signature song of British singer/ songwriter Al Stewart released in 1976 (4) |
| HAIG | Douglas -, commander of British forces during the Battle of the Somme (4) |
| INCH | Unit of British Imperial and United States Customary measure equal to 1/36 of a yard. Since 1959 it has been defined officially as 2.54 cm. (4) |
| SKIN | Stage name of Deborah Anne Dyer, lead singer of British rock band Skunk Anansie (4) |
