| AURORAAUSTRALIS | Heavenly colours of gold found in quality land which changes in the end (6,9) |
| ULSTER | ...which changes in Northern Ireland? (6) |
| CHUFFED | Very pleased that friend had sex change in the end and was catered for (7) |
| RAINBOW | London artist with heavenly colours (7) |
| RAINBOWS | Quarrels about stripped paint - black or heavenly colours? |
| PROPERTY | Quality land |
| COUNTRIES | Study attempts to acquire top quality lands (9) |
| DESERTIFICATION | The process that reduces the biological productivity of drylands (arid and semiarid lands), which may be the result of climate change, deforestation, overgrazing, poverty, political instability, or un |
| NATIONALGALLERY | Biggles' friend about to go abroad after land which Nelson turns his back on (8,7) |
| SORT | The kind of gold found in the street (4) |
| NAPOLEON | Piece of gold found in the patisserie (8) |
| LODGES | Deposits of gold found in the South-east (6) |
| BOCARATON | Amount of gold found in special Florida city (4,5) |
| ENIGMA | Mystery when head of gold found in a hole pulled up |
| CARAT | A measure of gold found in a car - a trunkful (5) |
| TORRENT | Huge flow of gold found in British river (7) |
| PILAURICE | Dish of gold found in mansion |
| STORY | Tale of gold found in pig pen (5) |
| SKYBLUE | The leads from She Knows Y'Know down in the dumps in heavenly colour (3,4) |
| SEASON | Each one of the four divisions of a year defined by changes in the weather; or, the British annual calendar of social events including Royal Ascot, Wimbledon and Cowes Week (6) |
