| LOOP | In the ___: part of the inner circle |
| WAR | Wayne's plays an ex-con in "The __ " (part 1) |
| RISING | Is part of the inner circle of Easter 1916 (6) |
| LYS | Battle of the ___ (part of the 1918 German spring offensive) |
| INTERIOR | Department of the ____ , part of the U.S. government that manages federal lands and natural resources (8) |
| OTIC | Pertaining to the ear of the inner circle initially (4) |
| OLDBOY | One of the inner circle |
| INSIDER | Someone with privileged information, member of the inner circle (7) |
| ASP | The ___: Part of Daddy Warbucks' team |
| SITCH | Shrops. fishery, The ___, part of Hampshire's Itchen! (5) |
| SHIRE | The ___, part of Middle-earth |
| STRIP | The ___, part of Las Vegas |
| CLAW | The ___ (part of a 'Toy Story" arcade game) |
| MOONINLOVE | "We are over the ___" (part of a statement released this week by Lindsay and Bader) |
| TOEY | In the inner circle yet still on edge |
| INDEMASSSERVICE | BRIDJ, trialling in part of the inner west, is an .. ...... ....... , an individually targeted public transport accessed by app (2,6,7) |
| ISLEOFWIGHT | Oh, a file's devised about concert in part of the Inner Hebrides (4,2,5) |
| COCHLEA | Part of the inner ear (7) |
| LENS | Part of the inner eye, or camera (4) |
| MULL | Ponder part of the Inner Hebrides (4) |
