| SEAGIRT | Like Britain in decline - capital's revolting (3-4) |
| SILVERSTUDDEDBLUE | Butterfly, once common in the UK, in decline due to loss of heathland |
| HELSINKI | Gas (um, no) about to decline capital (8) |
| GREATLY | Very much like Britain? (7) |
| ITSAFREECOUNTRY | Say what you like, Britain is so different from N Korea (3,1,4,7) |
| ISLAND | Middle of the road, like Britain? (6) |
| PREOCCUPATION | Brooding, like Britain before the Romans arrived? (13) |
| GREAT | Like Britain |
| IMPERIAL | Majestic, like UK gallon (8) |
| LEADS | Sounds like UK city is ahead (5) |
| SKIJUMP | Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards represented Britain in which Olympic event? (3,4) |
| HOLMOAK | Evergreen tree introduced to Britain in the late 1500s (4,3) |
| SEALION | Operation ___ ___: code name for the German plan to invade Britain in 1940 (3,4) |
| BOERWAR | Either of two conflicts fought by Great Britain in southern Africa between 1880-1902 (4,3) |
| REUTERS | News agency founded in Britain in 1851 (7) |
| ROCKALL | Small island in the Atlantic Ocean annexed by Britain in 1955 (7) |
| PERSONA | A Proton that arrived in Britain in 1993 (7) |
| INLIMBO | Like a posh car's passenger touring Britain in an unsure state? (2,5) |
| TUGBOAT | A tout planned to go round Britain -- in this vessel? (7) |
| INTEGRA | Type-r Honda that came to Britain in 1997 (7) |
