| COLONIALISM | Company mistreated millions adopting a means to exploit dependencies |
| NEOCOLONIALISM | Use of economic or cultural pressures to influence former dependencies |
| ADDICTS | Cats did damage to those with dependencies |
| BOTTLEOPENER | To Peter Noble maybe, a means to get a drink |
| THECOMMONWEALTH | A group of states based around Britain's former dependencies and headed by the Queen (3,12) |
| BAILIWICK | Administrative term which applies to the British Crown Dependencies of the Channel Islands (9) |
| STHELENA | Country with dependencies Tristan da Cunha and Ascension Island (2,6) |
| FARCI | Being stuffed by the French, removed from the Crown Dependencies (5) |
| COMMONWEALTH | Organisation of former British dependencies (12) |
| ISLEOFMAN | Largest of the British Crown dependencies by area |
| COLONIAL | Stop upsetting first-class student of overseas dependencies (8) |
| ADDICTIONS | Riders patrolling western border of Crown Dependencies |
| SCARECROW | A noise-making stone-wielding child originally, later a gally-bagger, hodmedod, mawkin, mommet, straw man, tattie-bogle or other effigy as a means to deter birds from crops (9) |
| KOAN | A nonsensical riddle or puzzle upon which to meditate in Zen as a means to enlightenment (4) |
| RAILWAYTICKET | A means to taking a certain line (7,6) |
| NEPENTHE | One lacking love to write article as a means to forget |
| SEAMAN | A means to become a sailor (6) |
| BAIT | A means to a bite, perhaps (4) |
| EXPERIMENT | Building up the next empire as a means to test a theory (10) |
| AIRSHIP | A means to get high making broadcasts with a joint (7) |
