| TUSA | John ?, Managing Director of the BBC World Service from 1986-92 (4) |
| SUBSISTENT | Loans 'is temporary accommodation? Managing to survive! (10) |
| BUSH | ___ House, former home of the BBC World Service (4) |
| GITA | Gopinath, Deputy Managing Director of the IMF |
| COMANECI | In 1976, Nadia ____ became the only Romanian winner of what is now the BBC World Sport Star of the Year award (8) |
| REITH | General manager (and later managing director) of the British Broadcasting Company who went on to establish it as the BBC (5) |
| THENEWS | Subject of many BBC World Service broadcasts |
| RICHARDALSTON | British choreographer who was the artistic director of the Rambert Dance Company from 1986-92 (7,6) |
| SHAMIT | Managing Director of the West Coast Partnership (6,6) |
| GAIGER | Managing Director of the West Coast Partnership (6,6) |
| VOA | BBC World Service alternative |
| GMT | BBC World Service clock ref. |
| NPR | "BBC World Service" airer |
| BUSHHOUSE | Former BBC World Service headquarters |
| ALSTON | Richard, choreographer who was artistic director of the Rambert Dance Company from 1986-92 (6) |
| LYONS | Founder and managing director of SS and Jaguar cars, considered by some as one of the finest automobile stylists of all time (5) |
| AQUINO | Corazon ___, president of the Philippines from 1986-92 (6) |
| KARRENBRADY | Vice-chairman of West Ham United and former managing director of Birmingham City |
| KATESWANN | Former managing director of Homebase and chief executive of WH Smith |
| LONGWAVE | Lengthy greeting still used for the World Service (4,4) |