| WESTGERMANY | Informal name for the FRG, 1949-1990 (4,7) |
| GDR | Across the Iron Curtain from the FRG |
| PEARLYGATES | An informal name for the entrance to heaven (6,5) |
| NOTTSFOREST | Informal name for the football team which plays its home matches in West Bridgford |
| EASTBERLIN | Name given to areas of Europe occupied by the Soviet Union from 1949-1990 (4,6) |
| FUNNYBONE | Informal name for the point on the elbow where the ulnar nerve passes near the surface (5,4) |
| BONN | Capital of West Germany, 1949-1990 (4) |
| DIXIE | Informal name for the Southern states of the US, from the title of a song written by Daniel Decatur Emmett in 1859 (5) |
| REEF | "The ____" is a local informal name for the Witwatersrand scarp |
| EURO | The ...., informal name for the UEFA European Football Championship (4) |
| BUCKYBALLS | First generated by Richard Smalley, Robert Curl and Harold Kroto in 1985, the informal name for the |
| KITTY | Informal name for the jack in bowls; a pool of money in poker; or, linked with "Hello" for a cat-like Japanese cartoon character (5) |
| TOPPER | Informal name for the hat depicted in miniature as one of the iconic charm-like pieces in Monopoly (6) |
| JONESTOWN | Informal name for the Peoples Temple Agricultural Project, established in Guyana in the 1970s (9) |
| CHUNNEL | Informal name for the passage through which Eurostar trains operate (7) |
| TIM | An old informal name for the speaking clock |
| TWITCHING | Common or informal name for the activity of birdwatching (9) |
| SPARKS | Informal name for the radio officer on a ship (6) |
| LONGLEGS | Informal name for the crane fly (5,8) |
| DADDY | And 11A Informal name for the crane fly (5,8) |
