| ROOBAR | Grille fitted to the front of a vehicle in Australia to protect against damage from collisions with animals (3,3) |
| BULLBARS | Metal grilles fitted to the front of 4WD cars (4,4) |
| CANETOADS | Invasive amphibians that were introduced to Australia to protect sugar crops |
| PROTECT | Scientists are developing ways to do this to prevent collisions with Earth. |
| ANSARA | One of the first women in Australia to work as a cinematographer, whose films include The Pursuit of Happiness (1988), an allegory of the Australian-US political relationship? (6) |
| HEADON | Involving the front of a vehicle (in a crash) (4-2) |
| TOWBAR | A bar fitted to the back of a vehicle for towing a trailer (3,3) |
| SILENCER | A device fitted to the exhaust of a motor vehicle to reduce engine noise (8) |
| SHORTTHROW | What's needed to transfer the ball from the hooker to the front of the lineout (5,5) |
| DONDUNSTAN | Who was premier when. in 1975, Peter Duncan's private members bill passed making South Australia the first jurisdiction in Australia to decriminalise male homosexuality? (3,7) |
| ROLLBARS | Metal rails that strengthen the frame of a vehicle in case of an accident (4,4) |
| CACOLET | Chair, fitted to the back saddle of a mule for carrying travelers in mountainous districts. (7) |
| THOLE | A pin fitted to the gunwale of a rowing-boat on which an oar pivots (5) |
| JACARANDA | Jack in front of a vehicle and a tree (9) |
| LANDAU | Coach from another era in Australia to open grounds (6) |
| OVERLANDTELEGRAPH | What when completed in 1872, linked Australia to the rest of the word by joining a submarine cable b |
| BRIANROBSON | In 1965, Welsh teenager who tried to mail his way from Australia to London in a crate (5,6) |
| SCARCITY | Lack of a vehicle in a southern town (8) |
| HEADLAMPS | Lights at the front of a vehicle (9) |
| FOOTWELL | Recess in front of a vehicle seat (8) |
