| DISEASES | Coughs and sneezes spread -; slogan launched by the Ministry of Health during the Second World War (8) |
| STTHOMAS | According to the Ministry of Health stats, this is a very unhealthy area of Exeter (2,6) |
| COMMONCOLD | Winter cause of sniffles and sneezes |
| SHAMPOO | Ministry of Health soap made into hair cleaner (7) |
| COUGHS | Cold symptoms, - and sneezes |
| CALM | Keep - and Carry On; slogan issued by the Ministry of Information in 1939 (4) |
| SPUTNIK | Name for the world's first satellite, launched by the Soviet Union on October 4, 1957, and the name of any of a series of three artificial Earth satellites. (7) |
| NEWSPEAK | Language spread by the Ministry of Truth in "1984" |
| FOULNESS | Large Essex island controlled by the Ministry of Defence (8) |
| COLD | An illness where you cough and sneeze and feel miserable for a couple of days (4) |
| TIROS | Abbreviation for the series of television and infrared observation meteorological satellites launched by the U.S. starting in 1960. (5) |
| SEALORD | Either of the two most senior naval officers who sit on the Admiralty Board of the Ministry of Defence (3,4) |
| EXPAT | “I’m pleased that the Ministry of Culture is protecting the morals of the ____ bankers and their girlfriends that are going to be coming” (Mick Jagger, on Chinese censorship on tour) |
| ALTARBOY | He's active in the masses observed by the ministry, sometimes getting cross (5,3) |
| BLUEBIRD | Name of the US communications satellite launched by the Indian heavy-lift rocket. (8) |
| ANTIHISTAMINE | A type of drug that prevents fevers and is used to treat allergies, coughs and colds (13) |
| CROUP | Inflammatory condition of the larynx in children, causing coughs and difficulty in breathing (5) |
| AUROR | In the Harry Potter series, any member of the Ministry of Magic tasked with investigating crimes relating to the Dark Arts (5) |
| HUBBLE | The first sophisticated orbital optical observatory. It was launched by the U.S. space shuttle Discovery on April 25, 1990. Among its many discoveries, it was also used to discover Hydra and Nix, two |
| ARIEL | Series of six artificial satellites launched by the US from 1962 to 1979 (5) |
