| WHITLAM | For two weeks in 1972, who formed a duumvirate with his deputy, Lance Barnard, enacting many reforms, including recognising China and bringing the troops home from Vietnam? (7) |
| LANFRANC | Archbishop of Canterbury, 1070-89, who instituted many reforms in the English church (8) |
| IRATE | Half of duumvirate up in arms (5) |
| MANXMAN | Duumvirate reserving vote for islander |
| PAIR | Duumvirate |
| MAYIMBIALIK | Call Me Kat star who hosted Jeopardy! for two weeks in May and June: 2 wds. |
| KATIECOURIC | TV journalist who hosted Jeopardy! for two weeks in March: 2 wds. |
| AARONRODGERS | Packers quarterback who hosted Jeopardy! for two weeks in April: 2 wds. |
| HEARTS | see 36ac, Phil Collins song from the film Buster that topped the US Hot 100 for two weeks in 1989 |
| TWO | and 44dn, Phil Collins song from the film Buster that topped the US Hot 100 for two weeks in 1989 |
| FIGHTERS | This rock band's Ballad Of The Beaconsfield Miners was written to commemorate the men trapped for two weeks in the 2006 Tasmanian mine collapse, Foo ... |
| WALLACE | George ?, governor of Alabama, survivor of an assassination attempt in 1972, who died in 1998 (7) |
| ELIROTH | U.S. film director born in 1972 who specialises in the horror genre (3,4) |
| BOBBYFISCHER | In 1972, who became the first US chess player to win the world championship? (5,7) |
| GUYMOWBRAY | TV football commentator born in 1972 who commentates on the revived Gladiators show (3,7) |
| ADOLFHITLER | Nazi leader who dictated most of the first volume of Mein Kampf to his deputy Rudolf Hess while in prison |
| IDIAMIN | In 1972, who expelled Asians from Uganda? (3,4) |
| FORTNIGHT | It's a bad thing being attached to defensive position for two weeks (9) |
| CLINTON | Surname of the US President who had Al Gore as his deputy (7) |
| HOLIDAYCAMPS | Two weeks in Torremolinos at theatrical school sounds like places where no work gets done (7,5) |
