| HMRC | Government department responsible for assessing and collecting taxes (4) |
| DEFENSE | Ministry of -; government department responsible for protecting the UK and its overseas territoriesA |
| PATENT | Government department responsible for preventing invention fraud (6,6) |
| OFFICE | Government department responsible for preventing invention fraud (6,6) |
| TREASURY | Government department responsible for economic strategy in Britain (8) |
| FSA | Government department responsible for comestibles (3) |
| IRKS | Annoys U.S. body collecting taxes around end of week (4) |
| LEVY | The act of imposing and collecting a tax or tariff (4) |
| GULAG | Formerly, the Soviet administrative department responsible for maintaining prisons and forced labour camps |
| TAXRETURN | A declaration of personal income made annually and used as a basis for assessing contributions to the Government (3,6) |
| MENSWEAR | In the department responsible for cover-up, some people take a vow? (8) |
| HUMANRESOURCES | Department responsible for the workforce of an organisation (5,9) |
| BECHDELTEST | Method for assessing films' gender representation that was introduced in the comic strip "Dykes to Watch Out For" |
| REVIEW | Modern ___, magazine founded by Julie Burchill and others for assessing popular culture, published from 1991 to 1995 (6) |
| BENCHMARKS | Criteria for assessing magistrates? (10) |
| EYETESTS | Diagnostic procedures for assessing vision (3,5) |
| EPROUVETTE | Device for assessing the strength of gunpowder (10) |
| TABLEREAD | Method for assessing a pilot? |
| EYEEXAM | Test for assessing someone's vision: 2 wds. |
| IRS | Agency responsible for collecting taxes: Abbr. |
