| BASERATE | Interest level set by the Bank of England |
| SPREADBETTING | Form of gambling that depends on the level set by the gambler (6,7) |
| RATE | Interest level |
| BASERATES | When dons scold son for interest levels |
| BELLCURVE | Curb level set out in graph |
| RESERVEPRICE | Cool actor Vincent has level set at auction (7,5) |
| CORSET | From the Latin for "little body", a bodice or waspie; stays; or, by extension, a restriction or limitation, such as that imposed by the Bank of England to control bank lending (6) |
| BASE | Interest charged by the Bank of England to commercial banks (4,4) |
| POUNDNOTE | Form of sterling once issued by the Bank of England (5,4) |
| FLEETS | Lots of boats take off by the banks of the Thames (6) |
| BIER | Stand, of late, by the banks of Big Sioux River (4) |
| SEINE | It's kept by the banks of Paris |
| OLDLADY | The - - of Threadneedle Street; nickname of the Bank of England (3,4) |
| PATERSON | William -; Scottish merchant who was one of the founders of the Bank of England (8) |
| THREADNEEDLESTREET | The Old Lady of -- -- is the Bank of England |
| THREADNEEDLE | --- Street, City of London location of the Bank of England (12) |
| SOANE | Architect best-known for his design of the Bank of England, a museum formerly his home and the tomb |
| CONSOLIDATED | The ____ Fund is the British government’s general account at the Bank of England |
| CARNEY | Mark, Canadian-born governor of the Bank of England 2013-20 (6) |
| EDDIEGEORGE | Governor of the Bank of England from 1993 to 2003 |
