| GOOGLEEYES | Bulging observers leave the Governor-general on the sheltered side with no contradiction (6-4) |
| LEECH | Sponge the sheltered side with cold water, then hot (5) |
| EARLOFATHLONE | Governor General on July 1, 1941 |
| MARQUESSOFLORNE | Governor General on July 1, 1881 |
| VISCOUNTMONCK | Governor General on July 1, 1867 |
| RIDEAUHALL | Official residence of the Governor General of Canada, located at 1 Sussex Drive, Ottawa (6,4) |
| SPEECHFROMTHETHRONE | Reading from the Governor General (6,4,3,6) |
| LEEWAY | Room for manoeuvre on the sheltered side of the street (6) |
| FLEE | Run away with first of frigates on the sheltered side (4) |
| PROTEM | Professional side with no opening for amateur in it, for the time being (3,3) |
| DIONNEBRAND | Member of the Order of Canada who won the Governor General's Literary Award in 1997 for her poetry collection Land to Light On: 2 wds. |
| SWAGGER | Arrogance was corrected by the Governor-General in front of the Queen (7) |
| SLIM | William Joseph. British field marshal who was the governor-general of Australia from 1953-60 (4) |
| EAGLEEGGS | Components of aquiline reproduction make each shrunken part-song the Governor-general's (5,4) |
| ALEE | On the sheltered side, on board (4) |
| LEE | On the sheltered side: in the - of the hill |
| ACTION | Side with no little force in performance (6) |
| SECEDE | Side with no guts to surrender and withdraw (6) |
| DERISORY | Absurdly small and unusually sorry side with no end of duds |
| ATTLEE | Old British leader, a general on the wagon? (6) |
